The Concept of a Crumbling Skull

question 44

Multiple Choice

The concept of a crumbling skull

• A)does not exist in Canadian law.
• B)is exactly the same as the concept of a thin skull.
• C)allows the plaintiff to recover damages for the full extent of their loss,as long as it was reasonably foreseeable that the defendant's negligence would cause a normal person to suffer some injury.
• D)allows the plaintiff to recover some damages when the defendant's negligence hastens the occurrence of a loss that the plaintiff eventually would have suffered in any event.
• E)allows a court to find that the defendant did not owe a duty of care to the plaintiff.

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