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Law Of Torts

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Q709

P, owner of a car, asked his friend Q to drive the car to Bombay where he would join him. As the car was about five kilometers from Bombay it hit a pedestrian R, on account of Q's negligent driving and injured him seriously. R sued P for damages. In this case:

A.
P is not liable
B.
The liability is solely of Q as P was not accompanying him
C.
Since Q was driving P's car, Q was under authority, P is liable
Answer
D.
P has the defense of inevitable accident

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
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