Fenton v. Thorley [1903] WN 149 is an English tort law case from the House of Lords, which deals with the definition of an "accident".
| Fenton v. Thorley | |
|---|---|
| Citation(s) | [1903] WN 149 |
| Transcript(s) | judgment |
"'Accident' is used in the ordinary sense and means a mishap or untoward event not expected or designed."
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- Hirschfeld, Julius (1912). "A Few Observations on Workmen's Compensation in Germany and Here". Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation. 13 (1): 119–22. ISSN 1479-5973. JSTOR 752557 – via JSTOR.—on the difficulty of the divide between "accidents" and "disease"
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