Explain how the narrow rule stated in Donoghue v Stevenson has been developed.

... Under the 'narrow rule' established in Donoghue v Stevenson1 'a manufacturer of products, which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination, and with knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of products will result in an injury to the consumer's life or property, owes a duty to the consumer to take that reasonable care'2. Firstly, from Donoghue liability has been extended in order to cover individuals who supply or repair products, the erectors of tombstones3, electrical equipment installers4, constructing staff buildings5 etc. Also, understanding of 'consumer' has been widely developed to include users of particular article6, anyone who might be in a direct contact with the article7 or people in the neighbourhood of the good in question8. Donoghue, case that product

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