Is there any case law where a plaintiff has been found guilty of a tortfeasor's negligence?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Haughton v. BCSPCA, 2009 BCSC 1773 (CanLII):

In Marshall v. British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, [2007] B.C.J. No. 2594, Madam Justice Bennett, as she then was, stated at para. 43:

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