What is the purpose of the purpose test?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Dittmann v Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 ONSC 6429 (CanLII):

The purpose test was first formulated in Amos v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia 1995 CanLII 66 (SCC), [1995] 3 S.C.R. 405 and asks whether the accident resulted from the ordinary and well-known activities to which automobiles are put.

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