Law 430 Torts CAN Nelson Winter 2018 Torts CAN Winter 2018 NEGLIGENCE ..............................................................................................................................................................1 COMPONENTS OF NEGLIGENCE ..............................................................................................................................1 INTRO TO DEFENCES OF NEGLIGENCE .................................................................................................................2 AN OBJECTIVE STANDARD ......................................................................................................................................2 Vaughan v Menlove .......................................................................................................................................2 THE STANDARD OF CARE ........................................................................................................................................2 THE REASONABLE PERSON .................................................................................................................................2 Bolton v Stone ...............................................................................................................................................3 Priestman v Colangelo ....................................................................................................................................3 FACTORS RELEVANT FOR THE STANDARD OF CARE .............................................................................................4 Paris v Stephen Burrow Counsel .....................................................................................................................4 Watt v Hertfordshire County Counsel .............................................................................................................4 THE LEARNED HAND FORMULA ..........................................................................................................................4 STANDARD OF CARE IN EMERGENCIES ....................................................................................................................4 THE STANDARD OF CARE EXPECTED OF CHILDREN ..................................................................................................5 McHale v Watson ...........................................................................................................................................5 STANDARD OF CARE EXPECTED OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ................................................................................7 Fiala v MacDonald..........................................................................................................................................7 STANDARD OF CARE EXPECTED OF PROFESSIONALS ................................................................................................8 Millete Estate v Zung......................................................................................................................................8 Reibl v Hughes ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Ter Neuzen v Korn ........................................................................................................................................ 10 STANDARD OF CARE: CUSTOM ......................................................................................................................... 11 STATUTORY STANDARDS .................................................................................................................................. 11 The Queen (Can) v Saskatchewan Wheat Pool .............................................................................................. 11 DEGREES OF NEGLIGENCE..................................................................................................................................... 13 Municipal Government Act, s 531(1) ............................................................................................................. 13 Emergency Medical Aid Act .......................................................................................................................... 13 DUTY OF CARE ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Donoghue v Stevenson ................................................................................................................................. 14 Anns v Merton Borough Council ................................................................................................................... 14 Cooper v Hobart........................................................................................................................................... 15 Fullowka v Pinkerton’s of Canada ................................................................................................................. 16 Syl Apps Secure Treatment Centre v BD ........................................................................................................ 17 Palsgraf v Long Island Railroad ..................................................................................................................... 18 SUMMARY DUTY OF CARE ................................................................................................................................ 19 DUTY TO RESCUE ................................................................................................................................................. 20 Horsley v MacLaren ...................................................................................................................................... 20 COMMERCIAL HOST LIABILITY .............................................................................................................................. 21 Stewart v Pettie ........................................................................................................................................... 21 SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY ......................................................................................................................................... 22 Childs v Desormeaux .................................................................................................................................... 22 Emergency Medical Aid Act .......................................................................................................................... 23 Duty to the Rescuer ..................................................................................................................................... 24 DUTY TO THE UNBORN ......................................................................................................................................... 24 Dobson (Litigation Guardian of) v Dobson ..................................................................................................... 24 Maternal Tort Liability Act ............................................................................................................................ 25 THE CLAIM FOR A WRONGFUL LIFE ....................................................................................................................... 26 Paxton v Ramji ............................................................................................................................................. 26 What is a sufficiently close and direct relationship for the purposes of establishing proximity ....................... 28 Liebig v Guelph General Hospital .................................................................................................................. 28 DUTY OF CARE: PUBLIC OFFICIALS ........................................................................................................................ 29 Anns Case .................................................................................................................................................... 29 Just v British Columbia ................................................................................................................................. 29 PRE-COOPER JURISPRUDENCE .......................................................................................................................... 31 POST-COOPER JURISPRUDENCE ........................................................................................................................ 31 R v Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd .................................................................................................................. 31 PROOF OF NEGLIGENCE ............................................................................................................................................ 33 BURDEN OF PROOF .............................................................................................................................................. 33 Prosser – Law of Torts .................................................................................................................................. 33 Baker v Market Harborough Industrial Cooperative Society .......................................................................... 33 INFERRING NEGLIGENCE ....................................................................................................................................... 34 Schiff - A Res Ipsa Loquitur Nutshell.............................................................................................................