What are the consequences of failing to install smoke alarms?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boon v. Mann, 2016 BCCA 242 (CanLII):
The trial judge dismissed their claim: Boon v. Mann, 2015 BCSC 990. Although he was satisfied the respondent was negligent in failing to install the smoke alarms, he held that the appellants had failed on a balance of probabilities to establish that the respondent’s negligence caused the losses claimed.
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