Mansfield v Weetabix Ltd 1 WLR 1263 is an English tort law case, concerning breach of the duty of care.
Facts The plaintiffs owned a shop damaged by a lorry owned by Weetabix Ltd, driven by Mr Tarleton. Mr Tarleton did not know he was in a hypoglycaemic state, so that his brain was starved of oxygen and unable to function properly. Tarleton had died by time of trial.D Nolan and K Oliphant, Lunney & Oliphant's Tort Law: Text and Materials (7th edn 2023) ch 4, 206-7
Trial judge found Tarleton was negligent, and so his employers had to compensate the owner of the damaged shop.
Judgment Leggatt LJ allowed the appeal, holding there was no breach of the duty of care.
Aldous LJ said the following.
Sir Patrick Russell agreed.
See also
English tort law
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