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Hare, Novelette v Garfield Heslop and Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited

Court: 
Supreme Court
Catchwords: 

Negligence-Motor vehicle accident while claimant being trained to drive employer's bus-Employer's Liability-Duty of care owed by an employer to an employee-Whether employer provided employee with a safe system of work-Whether employer should have trained an employee who had no driver's licence and no prior experience in driving-Whether employer provided employee with adequate training-Whether driving instructor did all that he reasonably could do to assist the claimant to avoid the accident-Defence of contributory negligence and volenti non fit injuria-Whether claimant heeded driving instructor's instructions and whether claimant was contributorily negligent-Whether claimant voluntarily accpting risk of accident.

Document Type:

Year: 
2023
Suit/Claim number: 
2014 HCV 02592
Neutral Citation: 
[2023] JMSC Civ. 126
Judge(s): 
N. Hart-Hines, J