Does a driver who strikes a pedestrian in a crosswalk have to be solely responsible for the collision?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Olson v. Farran, 2016 BCSC 1255 (CanLII):
Conversely, in Cairney v. Miller, 2012 BCSC 86, the court found that the defendant driver, whose vehicle struck the plaintiff pedestrian in a crosswalk, was entirely at fault.
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