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HYPOTHETICAL REASONABLE PERSON [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Health Law
CONT

... the hypothetical reasonable person in the shoes of the plaintiff here would not have been acting sensibly in commencing an action until such a person came to appreciate that a wrong or wrongs that had occasioned significant harm to her wellbeing could be established.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

[ ... ] les questions posées par le patient tendent à établir ses propres craintes et inquiétudes raisonnables, que le tribunal peut à bon escient prêter en retour à la personne raisonnable hypothétique.

Spanish

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