Multiple choice

Directions: The following question contains some basic principle and fact situation in which these basic principles have to be applied. A list of probable decision and reasons are given. you have to choose a decision with reason. (1) A person is liable for negligence, if he fails to take care of his neighbour's interest (2) A neighbour is anyone whose interest should have been foreseeable by a reasonable man while carrying on his activities.

Facts: A cricket mach was going on in a closed door stadium. A cricket fan who could not get in to the stadium was watching the game by climbing up a nearby tree and sitting there. the cricket ball in the course of the game went out of the stadium and hit this person and injured him. He filed a suit against the organizers. Possible decisions (a) The organizers are liable the compensate the injured person. (b) The organizers are not liable to compensate the injured person. (c) The injured person should have avoided the place where he might be hit by the cricket ball Possible reasons (i) The organizers are responsible for the people inside the stadium. (ii) The organizers could not have foreseen somebody watching the game by climbing up a tree. (iii) A person crazy about something must pay the price for that. (iv) The organizers shall be liable to everybody likely to watch the game.

  1. (a) (iv)

  2. (a) (iii)

  3. (b) (ii)

  4. (c) (i)

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Principle (2) defines a 'neighbour' as someone whose interest a reasonable person could foresee. A person watching cricket by climbing a tree outside a closed stadium is not a foreseeable spectator. Organizers are responsible for people inside the stadium, not unauthorized persons outside in trees. The organizers could not have foreseen this unusual behavior.