Rushton v Turner Brothers Asbestos Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1959 |
| Date | 1959 |
| Court | Assizes |
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14 cases
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Dorothy Henry v Superior Plastics Ltd
...applied as shown by the cases examined below. 62 A stark if not robust demonstration of this principle is found in Rushton v Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd [1959] 3 All ER 517 where Ashworth J found that although the defendants were in breach of the Factories Act they were not liable in ......
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Desmond Bennett v Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd and Another
...that JPS had created a dangerous situation. 52 The instant case is more in line with that ofRushton v Turner Brothers Asbestos Co Ltd [1960] 1 WLR 96 [1960] 1 WLR 96, which was brought to our attention by Mrs Gentles-Silvera, appearing for JPS. In Rushton, it was held that the proximate cau......
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McGovern v British Steel Corporation
...of the accident despite the existence of a prior or concurrent breach of statutory duty on the part of the defendants: see Rushton v. Turner Brothers Asbestos [1960] 1 W.L.R. 96 and Norris v. William Moss & Sons Ltd. [1954] 1 A.E.R. 324. Those cases seem to me to be examples of the applicat......
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Reid (Joseph) v Mobile Welding and Engineering Works Ltd and Newton Rodney
...if the plaintiff's conduct was the entirely cause of the injury and loss, the defendants would still not be liable. Thus in Rushton v Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd [19601 1 W.L.R. 96 , it was held by Ashworth J. that although the cases where the employer is in breach and still escapes li......
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