Servants of the Post Office had protected a hole where they were working by surrounding it with their usual light fence but the plaintiff, a blind woman, stumbled through the fence and was injured.
Held: The plaintiff’s appeal failed. In this case, the sole cause of the accident was the plaintiff’s contributory negligence. There was no special duty to protect the blind or infirm.
Citations:
(1950) 114 JP 370
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Woodland v Essex County Council SC 23-Oct-2013
The claimant had been seriously injured in an accident during a swimming lesson. She sought to claim against the local authority, and now appealed against a finding that it was not responsible, having contracted out the provision of swimming . .
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Personal Injury
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.517228