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Further information and questions related to this is attachment. The question starts from the attachment and further starts from this information down below I Typed.If the injured boy's father sues Rex on his son's behalf for the boy's injuries (adults can as theirchildren's guardians) complete the table on the next page (using the "snail case" example in thelecture notes as a guide) to show how the FACTS in this case answer THE STANDARD LEGALQUESTIONS to establish that there will be a successful negligence claim.Analysing these facts to prove negligenceLegal question and facts which satisfy the legal questionQuestion 1 and question 2?If Rex defends the claim by saying he roped off the pool and hung signs on the rope warning of thedanger would you expect this defence to succeed? Explain WHY or WHY NOTCan the boy's mother sue Rex for loss of income (from losing her job)? Explain WHY or WHY NOTNAME and explain a defence Rex might raise to claims brought by the boy's father?Who else could the boy's parents sue, other than Rex?Use the table to show how the FACTS answer THE LEGAL QUESTIONS to establish that therewill be a successful negligence claim against the party you are suggestingLegal question and facts which satisfy legal question Question 1 and question 2?

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Tutorial 7 - Torts 1 - negligence (Protected View) - Word (Unlicensed Product) View Help Tell me what you want to do eed to edit, it's safer to stay in Protected View. Enable Editing In each of these events the person, if injured, would probably have his/her compensation reduced on the basis of either volenti or contributory negligence. State which, in the right hand column Event Volenti or contributory negligence A pedestrian crosses the road while composing a message on his phone on twitter. A batsman who is not wearing a helmet suffers head injury when hit in the head by a bouncer A student is skate boarding in the middle of a road between traffic going opposite ways A swimmer at a beach swims forgets to check the flagged area and gets caught in a rip A speleologist (person who explores caves) is injured by a rock fall in a cave An amateur parachutist is injured when his parachute fails to open properly A house owner goes out and forgets to lock the door properly so that a burglar gains entry A bush walker ignores a 'road closed' sign while hiking and is injured by a rock fall A workman falls from a building roof after forgetting to connect his safety harness Problem Read the following facts and answer the questions which follow a. Rex organises a barbecue at his house to watch the telecast of the test match between Australia and India b. Rex has a swimming pool in his back yard which has been emptied of water so repairs can be made. C. Rex knows some of his guests have young children so he ties a rope around the empty pool and hangs several notices saying "Danger - Keep Out" on the rope. d. While the adults are watching the game on TV, several children easily slide under the rope while playing and one boy falls into the empty pool and breaks his hip. e. At the hospital a surgical operation on the boy's hip goes badly when the hospital does not take a full patient history and injects the boy with a drug to which he has an allergic reaction and he is left with a permanent limp. F . The boy's mother is a very nervous woman who had ambitions for her son to become a star cricketer; she suffers severe depression when she hears that her son will not be able to play cricket professionally because of his injuries. She has to give up her job as a shop assistant

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