Corr (administratix of the estate of Thomas Corr (deceased)) v IBC Vehicles Ltd

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  Corr (administratix of the estate of Thomas Corr (deceased)) v IBC Vehicles Ltd [2008] UKHL 13 HL (2 other reports)

  • Liability for damages: Employer liable for suicide of employee who suffered workplace injury

    Date:

    11 June 2008

    In Corr (administratix of the estate of Thomas Corr (deceased)) v IBC Vehicles Ltd [2008] UKHL 13, the House of Lords held that the employer of a man who was injured at work and, as a consequence, suffered severe depression that led to suicide, was liable under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 for loss attributable to his suicide.

  • Company liable to pay compensation for suicide following workplace accident

    Date:

    1 April 2008

    Employers may be liable for psychological, as well as physical, consequences of occupational accidents, including suicide consequent on post-traumatic depression, the House of Lords has ruled.