What is the test for indivisibility and liability to joint tortfeasors?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ruscheinski v. Biln, 2011 BCSC 1263 (CanLII):
The test for indivisibility and liability to joint tortfeasors is set out in Bradley v. Groves, 2010 BCCA 361 at paras. 34 and 37, 326 D.L.R. (4th) 732:
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