Can a person's negligent actions be a cause of harm?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ziemer v. Wheeler, 2014 BCSC 2049 (CanLII):
A person’s negligent actions can be the cause of the plaintiff’s harm even if there are multiple causes that contribute to that plaintiff’s injury or if the negligence of the plaintiff has contributed to her injury (Skinner v. Fu, 2010 BCCA 321 at paras. 19-23, rev’g 2009 BCSC 1828).
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