In what circumstances will a plaintiff be required to prove that he or she was injured in a motor vehicle accident?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Banga v. Takhar et al., 2003 BCSC 1822 (CanLII):

In Athey v. Leonati, 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458, Major J., speaking for the majority, set forth the legal principles appropriate to issues of causation. He stated:

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