What is the Ministry of Health's duty of reasonable care in relation to the installation of high voltage spans?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Botting v. British Columbia, 1996 CanLII 8642 (BC SC):
17 The Ministry's duty of reasonable care was to avoid acts and omissions which it could reasonably foresee would be likely to injure the users of the spans. It is well established that the duty will vary with the particular circumstances. For example, in Morris v. West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (1956), A.C.
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