Does a plaintiff have a duty to take reasonable care?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Deol v. Veach, 2011 BCSC 1437 (CanLII):
It is common ground that both the plaintiff and defendant had duties to take reasonable care. The authorities also clearly establish that an individual who is violating a traffic law assumes a heightened duty of care: Hadden v. Lynch, 2008 BCSC 295 at para. 59.
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