How have courts interpreted causation in a motor vehicle accident case?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Reid v. Maloney, 2010 ABQB 794 (CanLII):
In Snell v. Farrell, at para. 26, Sopinka, J. speaking for the court described causation as: ..an expression of the relationship that must be found to exist between the tortious act of the wrongdoer and the injury to the victim in order to justify compensation of the latter out of the pocket of the former.
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