Analyse the following case and say whether or not you think the plaintiff will succeed. John was the batsman in a cricket match. He hit the ball so hard that it went over the brick wall that surrounded the cricket ground, over the road outside and hit Mr Smith, who had just opened his front door. Mr Smith had a nasty bump on his head. He sued John for negligence. In court it was stated that the ball had been hit over the wall only twice in the last ten years (20)
