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Bolton v Stone

[1951] AC 850
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1951
Statusunclear

Key Principle

negligence; cricket ball; remoteness of risk; likelihood of injury so small that reasonable person would not take precautions

Area of Law

tort

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