Emotional Distress Law Mustapha v Culligan Case Brief Canada Supreme Court 2008 | Tort Law Precedent

Описание: This video is a case brief / case summary of Mustapha v. Culligan of Canada Ltd. (2008 SCC), a landmark Supreme Court of Canada tort law decision on emotional distress and psychiatric injury claims.

In this IRAC-style analysis, we break down:

The facts: A contaminated water bottle with a fly led to a psychiatric breakdown.

The issue: Was Culligan liable for emotional distress damages?

The rule: Psychiatric injury must be reasonably foreseeable and serious to be compensable.

The application: Why the Court found the harm unforeseeable.

The conclusion: The claim failed because the reaction was not foreseeable to an ordinary person.

🌍 This case digest is relevant for law students in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia studying tort law, negligence, nervous shock, and psychiatric harm.

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