Analysis of Liability in an example case concerning a train collision.

... A train travelling at high speed passes through a green signal and collides with a train coming in the opposite direction on the same track. The driver of the first train is killed, together with a number of passengers, and many more are injured. A subsequent inquiry reveals that the cause of the crash is a faulty signal due to inadequate maintenance. Maintenance is carried out by Engineering plc, an independent firm who do the work under contract to the Railway Authority. Amy goes to identify her dead relatives on the train and suffers severe shock. Ben was on the train and has suffered injuries and shock that prevent him going to work for six weeks. Clare lives in a house adjacent to where the train crashed. She looked out of her window as her husband David rushed over to help people trapped in the wreckage. Both David and Clare

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