What is the current state of the law on contributory negligence in motor vehicle accidents?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chabot v. Chaube, 2014 BCSC 300 (CanLII):
I will refer first to two cases cited by the defendant. First, in Dionne v. Romanick, 2007 BCSC 436, Gray J. summarized the applicable law on contributory negligence:
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