What is the test for determining whether a plaintiff acted unreasonably in following treatment recommendations?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Yeung v. Dowbiggin, 2012 BCSC 206 (CanLII):

The onus is on the defendants to prove both that the plaintiff acted unreasonably in failing to follow treatment recommendations, and the extent to which damages would have been reduced had the plaintiff acted reasonably (Chiu v. Chiu, 2002 BCCA 618).

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