What is the test for establishing cause in fact in a personal injury action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kaissieh v. Done, 2022 ONSC 425 (CanLII):
Generally, to establish “cause in fact”, a plaintiff is required to prove that “but for” the subject defendant’s breach of the applicable standard of care, the plaintiff’s losses would not have occurred: Clements v. Clements, 2012 SCC 32, [2012] 2 S.C.R. 181, at para. 46.
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