English Dictionary

crumbling skull rule

名詞

(law) a common-law rule according to which a defendant is not liable for the plaintiff's conditions or injuries that predate the tort, except to the degree that the tort worsened or hastened that injury or condition

日本語の意味

（法）被告は、不法行為の前に原告が既に持っていた病状・傷害について、ただし不法行為がその状態を悪化または早めた場合を除き、責任を負わないというコモンロー上の原則。

The court applied the crumbling skull rule to limit the defendant's liability to only the harm that the accident had actually aggravated.

裁判所は、被告が既往の状態については不法行為がそれを悪化させた程度に限って責任を負うという慣習法上の規則を適用し、被告の責任を事故で実際に悪化した損害のみに限定した。

意味（1）

(law) a common-law rule according to which a defendant is not liable for the plaintiff's conditions or injuries that predate the tort, except to the degree that the tort worsened or hastened that injury or condition

crumbling skull rules （ plural ）