Facts
An employee injured his leg through his employer's and was given an anti-tetanus injection without a proper test dose, then reacted badly.
Issue
Who was liable for the reaction?
Held
The employer was liable for the whole injury; the doctor's failure to test was not causative, because a test would not have revealed the allergy in time.
Principle
A takes the victim as he finds him, and a non-causative breach by another does not break the chain.
Why it matters
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Robinson v Post Office [1974] 1 WLR 1176 (Lanbuk) <https://www.lanbuk.com/llb/torts/cases/robinson-v-post-office> accessed 31 October 2026
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