Can depression be attributed to non-tortious pre-collision events?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Anderson v. Berkeley, 1998 CanLII 5848 (BC SC):
I find the evidence shows pre-existing depression. I do not find that depression can be attributed to non-tortious pre-collision events in a manner that would invoke Athey v. Leonatti, 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458.
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