What is the burden on a plaintiff to prove that she was injured in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from White v. Wang, 2014 BCSC 2416 (CanLII):
The burden is on a plaintiff to prove causation. She must establish a defendant’s negligence caused both her injuries and the resulting losses (e.g. non-pecuniary loss or lost wages). “The former is concerned with establishing the existence of liability; the latter with the extent of that liability”: Blackwater v. Plint, 2001 BCSC 997 at para. 363.
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