Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

eggshell-skull rule

Torts. The principle that a defendant is liable for a plaintiffs unforeseeable and uncommon reactions to the defendant's negligent or intentional act. 0 Under this rule, for example, if one person negligently scrapes another who turns out to be a hemophiliac, the negligent defendant is liable for the full extent of the plaintiffs injuries even though the harm to another plaintiff would have been minor. - Also termed eggshellplaintiff rule; thin-skull rule; .special-.sen,.sitiui~y rule; old-soldier's rule.