The_Case_of_Donoghue_V._Stevenson

The Case of Donoghue V. Stevenson The Case of Donoghue V. Stevenson If you where to ask a lawyer today what case they think is the most famous case in legal history most would say without hesitation the case of Donoghue v. Stevenson. May Donoghue has had a huge impact on millions of people’s lives around the world. Her story without doubt is one of the most famous in legal history. From a small town in Scotland all the way to the House of Lords in London. It all started at the Welleadow café in Paisley August 1928 when a lady friend of Mrs. Donoghue purchased a “pear and ice” for herself and a bottle of ginger beer for May Donoghue. What they didn’t know was that the bottle of ginger beer purchased for Mrs. Donoghue contained the remains of a decomposed snail. The ginger beer came in a dark brown coloured bottle this making it very hard to see through the bottle hence why they didn’t notice the snail. As Mrs. Donoghue’s lady friend poured the last of the bottles contents into Mrs. Donoghue’s glass the remains of the decomposed snail flowed out. May Donoghue suffered from shock and severe gastro-enteritis. Because May Donoghue’s lady donoghue, stevenson, case, mrs, because, owner, care, café, bottle, sue, purchased, impact, ginger, friend, duty, beer, snail, owed, mr, manufacture, lady, harm, donoghue’s, didn’t, contract, contact, without, way, very, under, today, think, society, should, safe