TOBACCO FINANCE (PVT) LTD v ZIMNAT INSURANCE CO LTD 1982 (1) ZLR 47 (H)

1982 (1) ZLR p47

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Delict — negligence — foreseeability — duty of care — remoteness of damage — irrelevant that precise rupture of harm or identity of plaintiff rot foreseeable — sufficient if defendant should reasonably have foreseen general nature of harm that might befall some person exposed to risk of harm by defendant's conduct — economic loss only — no rule against recovery of provided other requirements such as foreseeability present, loss finite and no socially calamitous results in upholding claim — suretyship — Farmers Stop-order Act [Chapter 110] — cession of debt guaranteed by registered stop-order without ceding stop-order — does not render ineffective stop order and obligations thereunder.