What are the principles of the rules of causation in a civil case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lindemann v Pabbi, 2021 BCSC 703 (CanLII):

These principles were further explained by McLachlin C.J. in Blackwater v. Plint, 2005 SCC 58 at para. 78: ... The rules of causation consider generally whether “but for” the defendant’s acts, the plaintiff’s damages would have been incurred on a balance of probabilities. Even though there may be several tortious and non-tortious causes of injury, so long as the defendant’s act is a cause of the plaintiff’s damage, the defendant is fully liable for that damage. The rules of damages then consider what the original position of the plaintiff would have been. The governing principle is that the defendant need not put the plaintiff in a better position than his original position and should not compensate the plaintiff for any damages he would have suffered anyway: Athey

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