Is a finding by the jury of one of a number of grounds of negligence not found?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Warren v. Gray Goose Stage Limited, 1937 CanLII 166 (SK CA):
It is true that it is now settled law that the finding by the jury of one of a number of grounds of negligence charged by the plaintiff negatives all grounds not found: Andreas v. C.P.R. (1905) 1905 CanLII 26 (SCC), 37 S.C.R. 1; Pruett v. G.T. Ry. [1917] 2 W. W.R. 662.
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