Keenan v Bergin
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 29 October 1971 |
| Date | 29 October 1971 |
| Docket Number | [1970. No. 2617 P.] |
| Court | Supreme Court |
(S.C.)
Keenan
and
Bergin
Apportionment - Defective equipment of third party left temporarily on employer's property - Employee injured by reason of defect when handling equipment -Existence of defect not known to employer - No inspection of equipment by employer - Patent defect - Whether employer liable in action for damages.
The plaintiff was a foreman who was employed by the second defendants. The first defendant drove his articulated vehicle, consisting of a motor cab and trailer, on to the property of the second defendants where he left the trailer to be...
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Iarnnód Éireann v Ireland
...the criterion was blameworthiness and not causation. Kelly v. Jameson (Unreported, Supreme Court, 1 March, 1972) and Keenan v. BerginIR [1971] I.R. 192 considered. Quaere: How should liability be apportioned between concurrent wrongdoers whose liability arose from breach of a strict common ......
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Iarnnód Éireann v Ireland
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