Donoghue v Stevenson

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:area negligence
tort law
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Hedley_Byrne_&_Co_Ltd_v_Heller_&_Partners_Ltd
Grant v Australian Knitting Mills
[1932] AC 562
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 26 May 1932
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:David_Stevenson
gptkbp:event gptkb:Paisley,_Scotland
gptkbp:factsOfCase Plaintiff consumed ginger beer containing a decomposed snail
gptkbp:fullName Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Donoghue v Stevenson
gptkbp:judge gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkb:Lord_Macmillan
Lord Buckmaster
Lord Atkin
Lord Thankerton
Lord Tomlin
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:plaintiff May Donoghue
gptkbp:predecessor duty of care in negligence cases
gptkbp:principle duty of care
neighbor principle
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:UK_House_of_Lords
gptkbp:result House of Lords held manufacturer owed duty of care to consumer
gptkbp:significance established modern law of negligence
gptkbp:subject consumer protection
product liability
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:English_Common_Law
gptkb:Donoghue
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6