Priestley v Fowler: 1837

Priestley was a butcher’s man who was injured when a van overloaded by fellow employees collapsed, injuring him. His lawsuit was founded on the principle of a master’s vicarious liability for his servant’s negligence.

Citations:

[1837] EngR 202, (1837) 3 M and W 1, (1837) 150 ER 1030

Links:

Commonlii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedFarraj and Another v King’s Healthcare NHS Trust (KCH) and Another CA 13-Nov-2009
The claimant parents each carried a gene making any child they bore liable to suffer a serious condition. On a pregnancy the mother’s blood was sent for testing to the defendants who sent it on to the second defendants. The condition was missed, . .
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Personal Injury, Vicarious Liability

Updated: 04 June 2022; Ref: scu.313319