Facts: The claimant was a pregnant woman who suffered an asthma attack while at home. A doctor attended and called for an ambulance using the emergency 999 service. They then waited for the ambulance, instead of driving to hospital in her husband’s car. The ambulance took 40 minutes to arrive during which time the claimant had suffered a respiratory arrest. She subsequently brought an action for negligence against the ambulance service. The ambulance service appealed against the finding of Turner J that a duty was owed to the claimant. The ambulance service relied on cases which showed that the police and fire service did not owe a duty when answering 999 calls. The Court of Appeal held that in certain circumstances an ambulance could owe a duty of care to the person who made the 999 call, if it accepted the call and then failed to arrive within a reasonable time due to negligence.
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Kent v Griffiths and Others [2001] QB 36
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#cases #duty-of-care #negligence #tort
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Kent v Griffiths and Others [2001] QB 36
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Facts: The claimant was a pregnant woman who suffered an asthma attack while at home. A doctor attended and called for an ambulance using the emergency 999 service. They then waited for the ambulance, instead of driving to hospital in her husband’s car. The ambulance took 40 minutes to arrive during which time the claimant had suffered a respiratory arrest. She subsequently brought an action for negligence against the ambulance service. The ambulance service appealed against the finding of Turner J that a duty was owed to the claimant. The ambulance service relied on cases which showed that the police and fire service did not owe a duty when answering 999 calls. The Court of Appeal held that in certain circumstances an ambulance could owe a duty of care to the person who made the 999 call, if it accepted the call and then failed to arrive within a reasonable time due to negligence.
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