How is liability apportioned in the context of accidents?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Falconer v. BC Transit Corporation, 2013 BCSC 715 (CanLII):
The issue then becomes how liability should be apportioned. In considering this question from the perspective of relative blameworthiness, some of the criteria referred to in Aberdeen v. Township of Langley, Zanatta, Cassels, 2007 BCSC 993, varied on other grounds, 2008 BCCA 420, are germane. These are summarized at para. 62 and 63:
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