Forster v Donovan

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1980
• Date: 01 January 1980
• Court: High Court

(H.C.)

Forster

and

Donovan

Dog - Postman bitten by dog - Dog the property of the first defendant - Warning given by the first defendant to the post office - Failure of post office to warn the plaintiff (postman) - Degrees of liability -Indemnity or contribution - Contributory negligence.

The first-named defendant was the owner of an Alsation dog which he kept at his premises. The plaintiff was employed by the second-named defendant (Ireland) as a postman and it was his duty to deliver letters in the area of Foxrock including at the first-named defendant's premises. The plaintiff, at that time, was a share-postman and, on the...