Question

Harvey is riding his bicycle, no-handed, and at a very fast speed down a park path. Trish, a jogger, accompanied by her dog, Rover on a leash is approaching Harvey from the other direction. Because he knows that he is bigger and faster on his bike, Harvey expects Trish to move out of his way. Unfortunately, Trish does not and as Harvey passes Trish, he side-swipes her knocking her to the ground and injuring her. Rover is inadvertently released when Trish falls, and he runs off into the road.

Monty is driving carefully down the road. Seeing Rover running into his path and wanting to avoid hitting him, Monty swerves driving off the road and onto the sidewalk, damaging his wheel alignment when he jumps the curb.

Grandma Jenkins is babysitting young Elvis, her grandson. Elvis happens to be playing hopscotch on the sidewalk across the street from the park. Fortunately, Monty's veering car stops far short of Elvis, and all is well for the tot (except for anxiety he suffered when he looked up and saw Monty's car heading straight for him). Unfortunately, Grandma Jenkins, observing the car veering off the road and heading straight toward her grandson, suffers a heart attack.

Analyze the following questions based on Negligence -

Is Harvey liable for Grandma Jenkins' heart attack?

Is Harvey liable for the anxiety that Elvis suffered?

Is Harvey liable for the damage to Monty's car?

Is Harvey liable for the injuries suffered by Trish and the loss of Rover?

Answer 1

1. Looking at the turn of events, Harvey was resposnsible for Grandma Jerkins heart attack. As all other characters in the story were carrying on a normal activity in life which. If Harvey had been careful the whole event could have been avoided.
   Grandma's heart attack was due to car steering towards Elvis but monty was driving carefully and had to steer is car suddenly due to rover running of because of Harvey's side sweep.
2. Seeing Monty's car veering towards himself, the young boy suffered anxiety attack. Even though it was monty who was driving, he was forced to swever right because rover ran over to the road out of the blue, which was ultimately caused by Harvey side sweeping Trish
3. Monty's car crashed due to rover running off to the road, for whom Harvey was responsible. Thus Harvey is liable to Monty's car damage
4. Trish was directly injured by Harvey due to his negligence . As Trish got knocked out, rover ran off towards the road and met with an accident. Harvey was directly responsible for Trish injuries amd Loss of rover