Hearings
England & Wales
16 Dec 1980 [1981] QB 599; [1981] 2 WLR 1014; [1981] 1 All ER 809, CA
06 May 1982 [1983] 1 AC 410; [1982] 2 WLR 982; [1982] 2 All ER 298; [1982] RTR 209, HL(E)
McLoughlin v O’Brian
Subject Matter
NEGLIGENCE — Foreseeability of risk — Nervous 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
[1981] QB 599; [1981] 2 WLR 1014; [1981] 1 All ER 809, CA
[1983] 1 AC 410; [1982] 2 WLR 982; [1982] 2 All ER 298; [1982] RTR 209, HL(E)
Appellate History
McLoughlin v O’Brian [1981] QB 599; [1981] 2 WLR 1014; [1981] 1 All ER 809, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
McLoughlin v O’Brian [1983] 1 AC 410; [1982] 2 WLR 982; [1982] 2 All ER 298; [1982] RTR 209, HL(E)