How is causation calculated in a motor vehicle accident case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lane v. Pedersen, 2014 BCSC 1302 (CanLII):
Once causation is proven on the balance of probabilities, future or hypothetical events can be factored into the calculation of damages according to degrees of probability: Athey v. Leonati, 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458 at 475.
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