In what circumstances will a defendant driver lose control of his vehicle after encountering ice?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Tran v. Edbrooke, 2013 BCSC 1802 (CanLII):

In Cranfield v. McKay, the defendant driver, after encountering ice, lost control of her vehicle. In finding for the plaintiff, Sigurdson J. said this:

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