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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 995549" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>The medical part seems pretty straightforward to decide based upon whether medical staff were aware (or made aware) of the alleged problem and whether they dealt with it appropriately within RFU / World Rugby and GMC guidelines. If the medic is found to have acted improperly, I'd have thought it follows that Saracens are vicariously liable.</p><p></p><p>The thorny part is whether the same can be said if Barrington is found to be liable. Given that it was a team building trip, I could see how you could argue that Saracens are liable, particularly if anyone in a position of authority was present and if (as could be expected in rugby) the players were encouraged to have a belly full of beer together. There could easily be an element of having a pop at as many people as possible, but I'd have thought that it's more motivated by the fact that you're more likely to get a tasty settlement out of a famously well off rugby club, than you are out of a journeyman prop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 995549, member: 58362"] The medical part seems pretty straightforward to decide based upon whether medical staff were aware (or made aware) of the alleged problem and whether they dealt with it appropriately within RFU / World Rugby and GMC guidelines. If the medic is found to have acted improperly, I'd have thought it follows that Saracens are vicariously liable. The thorny part is whether the same can be said if Barrington is found to be liable. Given that it was a team building trip, I could see how you could argue that Saracens are liable, particularly if anyone in a position of authority was present and if (as could be expected in rugby) the players were encouraged to have a belly full of beer together. There could easily be an element of having a pop at as many people as possible, but I'd have thought that it's more motivated by the fact that you're more likely to get a tasty settlement out of a famously well off rugby club, than you are out of a journeyman prop. [/QUOTE]
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