What is the test for inference of negligence in cases involving rear-end collisions?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bay v Woollard, 2019 BCSC 1073 (CanLII):

An inference of negligence is often drawn in cases involving rear-end collisions because, as stated in Wallman v. John Doe, 2014 BCSC 79 at para. 410:

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