The Weekly Law Reports
[1959] 3 WLR 262
[HOUSE OF LORDS.]
CAVANAGH APPELLANT; AND ULSTER WEAVING CO. LTD. RESPONDENTS.
1959 May 11,
12,
13;
June 18.
June 18.
VISCOUNT SIMONDS, LORD TUCKER, LORD KEITH OF AVONHOLM, LORD SOMERVELL OF HARROW and LORD JENKINS.
Negligence
— Safe system of work
— Reasonable care
— General practice
— “Folly” to neglect to provide precaution
— Meaning of “folly.”
Damages
— Personal injuries
— Jury
— Assessment of damages by jury
— Whether award so excessive as to warrant interference by appellate court.
Judicial Precedent
— Question of fact
— Jury question
— Opinion of judge on it not a precedent.
Fact or Law
— Negligence
— Standard of care
— Question of fact
— Master and servant.