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14 March 2008
Issue: 7321 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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TORT

Corr (Administratrix of Corr decd) v IBC Vehicles Ltd [2008] UKHL 13, [2008] All ER (D) 386 (Feb)

Where the deceased’s suicide was the direct result of a depressive illness from which he was suffering, which was in turn a direct and foreseeable consequence of an accident for which his employer is liable, his widow is entitled to claim damages under s 1 of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.

 

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Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

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