McGhee v. National Coal Board
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McGhee v National Coal Board, [1972] 3 All E.R. 1008, 1 W.L.R. 1, is a leading tort case decided by the House of Lords. The Lords held that where a breach of duty has a material effect on the likelihood of injury then the subsequent injury will be said to have been caused by the breach.
McGhee was a coal miner who had developed dermatitis from his work. He sued his employer for negligence for failing to provide the proper washing facilities to prevent the outbreach of dermatitis. The issue before the House of Lords was whether the failure to provide the washing facilities had caused the rash.
This decision was later limited by the decision of Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1988] AC 1074.
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