What is the test for determining whether a defendant's negligence contributed to an injury?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cornish v. Khunkhun, 2015 BCSC 52 (CanLII):
It is well established that the plaintiff must prove on a balance of probabilities that the defendant’s negligence caused or materially contributed to an injury. The defendant’s negligence need not be the sole cause of the injury so long as it is part of the cause beyond the range of de minimus. Causation need not be determined by scientific precision: see Athey v. Leonati, 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458, 140 D.L.R. (4th) 235 at paras. 13 - 17 [Athey].
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