In what circumstances will causation be determined in a civil case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Olynyk v. Turner, 2012 BCSC 1138 (CanLII):
In Athey v. Leonati, 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458, Major J. explained the law of causation in civil cases. At para. 13 he wrote that:
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