Legal Principle:1. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do or doing something which a prudent or reasonable man would not do.2. Defendant’s duty of care depends on the reasonable foreseeability of injury which may be caused to be plaintiff on breach of duty. Factual Situation: The defendants employees of the Municipal Corporation opened a manhole in the street and in the evening left the manhole open and covered it by a canvass shelter, unattended and surrounded by warming lamps. The plaintiff, an eight year old boy, took one of the lamps into the shelter and was playing with it there, when he stumbled over it and fell into the manhole. A violent exploitation followed and the plaintiff suffered burn injuries. The defendants are Decision:

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Legal Principle:<br />1. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do or doing something which a prudent or reasonable man would not do.<br />2. Defendant’s duty of care depends on the reasonable foreseeability of injury which may be caused to be plaintiff on breach of duty. Factual Situation: The defendants employees of the Municipal Corporation opened a manhole in the street and in the evening left the manhole open and covered it by a canvass shelter, unattended and surrounded by warming lamps. The plaintiff, an eight year old boy, took one of the lamps into the shelter and was playing with it there, when he stumbled over it and fell into the manhole. A violent exploitation followed and the plaintiff suffered burn injuries. The defendants are Decision:






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