Murphy v Riordan

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1926
• Date: 01 January 1926
• Court: Supreme Court (Irish Free State)

S.C., I. F. S.,

Murphy

and

Riordan

Running down - Negligence of defendant's servant - Contributory negligence - Want of reasonable care - Contributory negligence being the cause of accident - Defendant unable to avoid - Appeal allowed.

Plaintiff, who was hurrying home to dinner along a public footpath, stepped off the footpath in order to allow some people to pass, and was knocked down and injured by a lorry driven by defendant's servant which was coming along the street behind him. Plaintiff claimed...