How to Obtain Compensation: An Introduction to the Law of Tort
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How to Obtain Compensation: An Introduction to the Law of Tort Module: LC0HO1 Re-assessment Coursework Student Enrolment Number: 03101754 August 2004 LC0HO1: How to Obtain Compensation: An Introduction to the Law of Tort Re-assessed Coursework August 2004 Student Number: 03101754 Following an accident involving a driverless lorry with ill-maintained and insecure brakes (owned by Albright Brothers) careering down a hill into a group of people at a bus stop, a 14 year old school girl, Alison witnesses her twin brother being killed by the impact from the other side of the road. At the same time, Mrs. Mary Thompkinson witnesses fire-fighters trying to cut her badly injured 15 year old son Thomas from the wreckage, having driven back to the bus stop after seeing an ambulance speeding past her towards where she dropped him off. Both Alison and Mrs. Thompkinson have been deeply traumatized by these events. I have been asked to consider how Alison and Mrs. Thomkinson...

