Dobson (Litigation guardian of) v Dobson, [1999] 2 SCR 753 was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on a pregnant woman's legal duties in tort law. It was the first time the Supreme Court of Canada had to consider this issue. The majority of the Court found that tort claims cannot be brought against women for negligence toward the fetus during pregnancy.
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- Dobson (Tuteur à l’instance de) c. Dobson (fr)
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| - Dobson (Tuteur à l’instance de) c. Dobson est un arrêt de principe de la Cour suprême du Canada rendu en 1999 sur les obligations légales d'une femme enceinte. (fr)
- Dobson (Litigation guardian of) v Dobson, [1999] 2 SCR 753 was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on a pregnant woman's legal duties in tort law. It was the first time the Supreme Court of Canada had to consider this issue. The majority of the Court found that tort claims cannot be brought against women for negligence toward the fetus during pregnancy. (en)
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| - Lamer CJ, L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier, Iacobucci and Binnie JJ (en)
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| - [1999] 2 SCR 753; 1999 CanLII 698 ; , 214 NBR 201; , 174 DLR 1 (en)
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| - Judgment for the Ryan Leigh MacLean Dobson in the Court of Appeal for New Brunswick. (en)
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| - Action cannot be brought against a mother by a child for fetal damages caused by the mother's negligence. (en)
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| - Dobson (Litigation guardian of) v Dobson, [1999] 2 SCR 753 was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on a pregnant woman's legal duties in tort law. It was the first time the Supreme Court of Canada had to consider this issue. The majority of the Court found that tort claims cannot be brought against women for negligence toward the fetus during pregnancy. The case involved one Cynthia Dobson, who in 1993 was driving and got into a car accident in bad weather. Her fetus was supposedly damaged in the accident and was delivered by Caesarean section on the day of the crash, before the expected due date. The child had cerebral palsy. On behalf of the child, his maternal grandfather brought a tort claim against the mother for negligence in driving in order to benefit from the father's insurance policy, which covered damages caused by the negligence of drivers of his motor vehicle. (en)
- Dobson (Tuteur à l’instance de) c. Dobson est un arrêt de principe de la Cour suprême du Canada rendu en 1999 sur les obligations légales d'une femme enceinte. (fr)
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| - Cynthia Dobson v. Ryan Leigh MacLean Dobson by his Litigation Guardian, Gerald M. Price (en)
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