Is a tortfeasor jointly liable to a plaintiff for a single injury that is indivisible?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Birkich v. Cantafio, 2016 BCSC 40 (CanLII):
An injury is said to be indivisible if it cannot be divided into distinct parts. Where there are multiple tortfeasors causing or contributing to a single indivisible injury, they are jointly liable to the plaintiff (Bradley v. Groves, 2010 BCCA 361 at paras. 34, 37, leave to appeal ref’d [2010] SCCA No. 337).
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