What is the burden of proving that an innocent party acted unreasonably?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Total Petroleum (N.A.) Ltd. v. AMF Tuboscope Inc., 1987 CanLII 3172 (AB QB):
The onus of proving that the innocent party acted unreasonably and thus incurred avoidable losses is on the party who makes that assertion: Red Deer College v. Michaels, supra.
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