Fardon v. Harcourt Rivington

Fact:

The defendant and his wife went to a market. Leaving there dog inside their car. After  sometime the dog become excited broke the back glass. A broken glass went into the plaintiff’s eye and then he lost his eye.

Issue:

Inevitable accident or not?

Judgment:

The defendant was not liable on the ground of negligence.

Reasoning:

People must guard against reasonable probabilities, but they are not bound to guard against fantastic possibilities and because of inevitable accident there is no liability.