Does a plaintiff have to contact the police if they are not investigating the accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lort v. Kwan, 2011 BCSC 86 (CanLII):
In Becker v. I.C.B.C. et al, 2002 BCSC 1106, the plaintiff left the investigation of an accident with the police without ascertaining if they were in fact investigating the matter. The police had abandoned the investigation. Buryneat J. held:
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