Does a plaintiff have an obligation at the collision scene to identify the driver of the vehicle?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rieveley v. Doe, 2017 BCSC 202 (CanLII):
On the contrary, plaintiffs bear a positive obligation at the collision scene, and in the days and weeks following the collision, to take all necessary and reasonable steps to establish the identity of the offending owner and/or driver (Morris v. Doe, 2011 BCSC 253, at paras. 45–54). This is so even if their efforts do not prove fruitful.
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