| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 58 (Jun) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division (Bristol District Registry) |
| Judge: | Hallett J |
| Representation | Michael Tillett QC and Rebecca Dennis (instructed by Russell Jones & Walker, Bristol) for the claimants. |
| Geoffrey Brown (instructed by Bond Pearce, Bristol) for the authority. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 9 April 2003 |
Catchwords
Negligence - Duty of care - Highway authority - Road traffic accident - Liability.
The Case
On the evidence, a road traffic accident in which the claimants were involved had not been caused by the presence of water and grit on the road as they had alleged, but by the first claimant's driving, and accordingly their claim fell to be dismissed.
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