February 8, 2026
DU LLBLaw of TortsSemester 1

NEGLIGENCE – LIABILITY AT COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY Liability for negligence

  • Liability for negligence

For the purpose of liability of the transferor towards the ultimate transferee for negligence, the chattels may be considered to be of the following three kinds :

  • (a) Things dangerous per se;
  • (b) Things not dangerous per se, but actually dangerous and known to be so by the transferor; and
  • (c) Things neither dangerous per se, nor known to be dangerous by the transferor but dangerous in fact

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