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Eggshell skull rule
May 6 , 2024
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- The Supreme Court restored the compensation of Rs 5 lakhs awarded by the district consumer forum in a medical negligence case after it find ‘eggshell skull’ legal principle was incorrectly applied.
- The eggshell skull rule is a common law principle applied in civil litigation.
- Essentially, when the offender would be liable for all injuries that might be intensified due to the peculiar conditions of the injured person that the offender might not have known.
- Simply put, the defendant would be held responsible for injuries caused to a person when he hit him on the head, even if the victim had a particularly delicate skull or an ‘eggshell’ for a skull.
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