Does a voluntary payment of damages by a third party relieve the tortfeasor of liability therefor?

Saskatchewan, Canada


The following excerpt is from Pearce v. Wasnik, 1950 CanLII 160 (SK QB):

A voluntary payment of damages by a third party does not relieve a tortfeasor of liability therefor: Dawson v. Sawatzky 1945 CanLII 185 (SK CA), [1946] 1 WWR 33.

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