In what circumstances will a plaintiff be held liable in negligence in a motor vehicle accident?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Link v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2014 BCSC 1765 (CanLII):

Kirkpatrick J. further held, at para. 25, that this was an unexpected emergency of a kind described in Jantz v. Mulvahill (1992), B.C.A.C. 127. She also found that the plaintiff did not commit contributory negligence. In the result, the defendant was held liable in negligence.

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