Week Two: Tort Liability
The elements of proving liability in negligence:
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- Duty of care – Rankin (Rankin’s Garage) v. J.J., 2018 SCC 19; Nelson v. Marchi, 2021 SCC 41
- Breach of that duty (an actionable wrong) – Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41
- Causation – Clements v. Clements, 2012 SCC 32
- Damages – Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd., [1978] 2 SCR 229; Morrison v. Van Den Tillaart, 2012 BCSC 383
- Burden of proof – Snell v. Farrell, [1990] 2 SCR 311
- Standard of proof – H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53
- Apportionment of fault – Alragheb v. Francis, 2021 BCCA 457; Aberdeen v. Zanatta et al., 2007 BCSC 993, varied 2008 BCCA 420
- Vicarious liability: why, how, and when – Bowe v. Bowe, 2019 BCSC 1454; John Doe (G.E.B. #25) v The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s, 2020 NLCA 27
- Applying the theory of proving liability in motor vehicle collisions, with reference to real case examples:
- Left turn collisions – Salaam v. Abramovic, 2010 BCCA 212; Nerval v. Khehra, 2012 BCCA 436
- Pedestrian collisions – Dewar v. Finnigan, 2020 BCSC 1721
- Rear-end collision – Skinner v. Fu, 2010 BCCA 321; Wallman v John Doe, 2014 BCSC 79; Uy v. Dhillon, 2019 BCSC 1136, aff’d 2020 BCCA 163
- Agony of the collision – Uy v. Dhillon, 2019 BCSC 1136, aff’d 2020 BCCA 163
- Applying the theory of proving assault and battery for sexual assault – Anderson v. Molon, 2020 BCSC 1247
- Applying the theory of proving Occupier’s liability – Waldick v Malcolm [1991] 2 SCR 456; Agar v Weber, 2014 BCCA 297; Abdi v. Burnaby (City), 2020 BCCA 125
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