What is the test for determining whether a plaintiff is a contributory driver in a motor vehicle accident?

Saskatchewan, Canada


The following excerpt is from Cisecki v. Nipawin (Town), 2000 SKQB 119 (CanLII):

In the absence of credible evidence of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff I need not address the fourth question posed in Beaman v. Canada Safeway, supra, and therefore turn to the issue of causation.

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