Negligence Scenario Course 2022

Negligence 1
TORTS; NEGLIGENCE SCENARIO
By: Student’s Name
Code + Course Name
Professor’s Name
University Name
City, State
September 2019.

Negligence 2
Table of Contents
Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
1. Whether Dan owed Claire a duty of care at the time she suffered injury................................3
2. Did Dan breach duty?...............................................................................................................4
3. Causation; Whether Claire can establish element of damages against Dan.............................6
4. Defenses available to Dan........................................................................................................7
5. Remedies available for Claire..................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References and Bibliography...........................................................................................................9
Cases..............................................................................................................................................10

Negligence 3
Introduction
Negligence is one of the most common areas of both study and court actions under the law of
torts (Posner 1972). For a claimant to successfully sue for negligence, he/she ought to prove
three elements upon if any is missing then the suit cannot be successful. To begin with, the
supposed offender must owe the supposed victim a duty of care. If this is established then the
courts will check if there was a failure in responsibility. Finally, it must be established that the
breach of that duty resulted in harm to the party claiming; which is the aspect of causation. This
is the three stage test for negligence in torts. In the case scenario given, this paper will use the 3-
stage test to establish whether there is negligence.
1. Whether Dan owed Claire a duty of care at the time she suffered injury
Whether a party owes another any care is a matter which relies on the decision of the court. The
modern standard test is the one established in the holding of Caparo v Dickman. Here, the
highest court of United Kingdom came up with three aspects that must be proven to establish
duty. The test is applicable in establishing duty of care in all types of harm including physical,
economic loss and psychiatric injury (Goudkamp 2017).
The three stage test involves the following;
a) The test of foreseeability. This is concerned with determining whether a reasonable
person placed in the defendant’s standing could have seen it coming that a person in the
claimant’s position was going to suffer harm from the act.