mustapha

Follow-up: SCC tosses “dead fly” appeal

Omar Ha-Redeye

May 22, 2008 16:53

Yesterday I explained the background to the Mustapha v. Culligan of Canada cases. As expected, the Supreme Court issued its decision today. The full text of the lovely (read: short) decision can be be found here: Mustapha v. Culligan of Canada Ltd., 2008 SCC 27. In a unanimous decision written by...

“Dead fly in water bottle” case to be decided by Supreme Court tomorrow

Omar Ha-Redeye

May 22, 2008 03:05

One of the more amusing cases from first year Contracts/Torts class concerned a man, Mustapha, who sued Culligan Water after discovering a dead fly in one of its 5-gallon bottles. The facts of the case are sort of like Canada’s version of Donaghue v. Stevenson, [1932] A.C. 562...