Facts
- The defendant opened a manhole cover and left it overnight, marked with a paraffin lamp
- The claimant 8 year old boy knocked the lamp into the hole, causing an explosion which burned him
Issue
- Was the damage foreseeable?
Decision
- Yes
Reasoning
- The kind of damage, burning, was foreseeable, therefore the damage actually sustained was also foreseeable (note magnitude exception in Doubty v Turner [1964])
