Does a plaintiff have met the burden of proving a causative link?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bivadi v. Coggans, 2017 BCSC 656 (CanLII):
But the fact that the plaintiff has met the burden of proving a causative link does not necessarily mean the defendant is responsible for the full amount of his damages. When the analysis turns from liability to damages, the governing principle is that the defendant need not put the plaintiff in a better position than his original position and should not compensate the plaintiff for any damages he would have suffered anyway: Blackwater v. Plint, 2005 SCC 58 at para. 78.
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