Does the "crumbling skull" rule apply?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bellaisac v. Mara, 2015 BCSC 1247 (CanLII):
The key issue is whether the plaintiff had a pre-existing condition that would have caused the plaintiff’s symptoms to arise at some time in the future regardless of the accident. In other words, does the “crumbling skull” rule apply (Athey v. Leonati, 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458 at para. 35)?
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