How is liability apportioned in a motor vehicle accident?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Russell v. Parks, 2012 BCSC 1128 (CanLII):

The issue then becomes how liability should be apportioned. In considering this question from the perspective of relative blameworthiness, some of the criteria referred to in Aberdeen v. Langley (Township), 2007 BCSC 993, varied on other grounds 2008 BCCA 420, are germane. These are summarized at para. 62 and 63:

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