What is a joint tortfeasor?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Heuser v Carnovale, 2016 BCSC 2620 (CanLII):
In Bains v. Hofs, [1992] 76 BCLR (2d) 98, the court concluded that: …one who knowingly assists or encourages another to commit a tort, or one who is merely present as a conspirator in the wrong that is done, is, in law, a joint tortfeasor.
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