ABSTRACT
The case history turns on whether or not the risk of injury from the blades of a rotary grass cutter was foreseeable by the plaintiff, or whether the risk was so concealed that the designer should have done something about protecting users. It is the responsibility of the designer to take into account foreseeable risks. This case history turns on whether or not the risk of injury from the blades of a rotary grass cutter was foreseeable by the plaintiff, or whether the risk was so concealed that the designer should have done something about protecting users. On Easter Saturday, 28 March 1959, Mr. Crow found that he could not start the machine. He cured an air lock in the petrol feed and tried again, following Mr Holttum's instructions with his right foot adjacent to the opening. When the engine started his foot slipped into the opening and the blades severed two of his toes.
