Fenton v. Thorley

Fenton v. Thorley

"Fenton v. Thorley" [1903] WN 149 is an English tort law case from the House of Lords, which deals with the definition of an "accident".

"'Accident' is used in the ordinary sense and means a mishap or untoward event not expected or designed."

ee also

*Tort reform
*Accident Compensation Corporation

External links

*Julius Hirschfeld, [http://www.jstor.org/view/14795973/ap030029/03a00090/1?frame=noframe&userID=9e8fba13@lse.ac.uk/01c0a848650050f7edb&dpi=3&config=jstor "A Few Observations on Workmen's Compensation in Germany and Here"] (1912) Journal of Society and Comparative Legislation 119, on the difficulty of the divide between "accidents" and "disease"


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