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The Maddening Effect of Consecutive Torts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2001

Tony Weir
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A Couple of thugs entered the Burger King near King’s Cross and beat up the manager. They not only beat and kicked him, but also struck him in the eye with a gold knuckle-duster. The eye needed to be operated on, but the operation went wrong, and he can no longer see out of it. In consequence of these experiences he is now a total psychological wreck, unable to work for the foreseeable future. His employer, the first defendant, was held liable for failing to protect him from attack, and the hospital, the second defendant, admitted liability for the negligent operation: Rahman v. Arearose Ltd. [2000] 3 W.L.R. 1184 (C.A.). Quid iuris?

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Case and Comment
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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 60 , Issue 2 , July 2001 , pp. 237 - 239
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2001

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