Donoghue v Stevenson

To whom is this owed In the case of Donoghue v. Stevenson this was defined as follows ... 

The leading case is Donoghue v. Stevenson which established the principle, the House of Lords holding that someone who drank ginger beer from an opaque bottle, given her by a friend, and who became ill from the presence of a snail in the bottle was entitled to damages from the manufacturers if she could prove her case. 

Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC562 Edwards v National Coal Board [1949] 1 KB 704 Elton John v Richard James (1985) (unrcported)... 

When considering whether or not a duty of reasonable care was owed courts will always seek to identify an established relationship between the claimant and the duty holder. Relationships that have been established by judicial precedent include employer/employee, doctor/ patient and teacher/pupil. For claims relating to the duty of reasonable care the landmark case that established the neighbour principle was the case of Donoghue v. Stevenson (1932). 

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