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Fenton v. Thorley WN 149 is an English tort law case from the House of Lords, which deals with the definition of an "accident".

"'Accident' is used in the ordinary sense and means a mishap or untoward event not expected or designed."

See also

• Tort reform
• Accident Compensation Corporation

Further reading

• Hirschfeld, Julius (1912). "A Few Observations on Workmen's Compensation in Germany and Here". Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation. 13 (1): 119–22. ISSN 1479-5973. JSTOR 752557 – via JSTOR.—on the difficulty of the divide between "accidents" and "disease"

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