The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1981] QB 599
[COURT OF APPEAL]
MCLOUGHLIN v. O'BRIAN AND OTHERS
[1976 M. No. 534]
1980 Nov. 18,
19,
20,
21,
Dec. 16
Dec. 16
Stephenson, Cumming Bruce and Griffiths L.JJ.
Negligence
— Duty of care to whom?
— Shock
— Plaintiff's husband and children injured in road accident caused by defendants' negligence
— Plaintiff subsequently told of accident and taken to see family in hospital
— Whether nervous shock reasonably foreseeable
— Whether duty of care owed to persons not present at scene of accident
— Policy considerations