What is the limitation period for an action for damages arising from a circumcision performed on 26th September 1974?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bera v. Marr, 1985 CanLII 391 (BC SC):
Having concluded that for the purposes of the Limitation Act there should be no distinction made between a cause of action which arises from property damage and personal injury, Kamloops v. Nielsen is authority for that proposition and should be followed so that a cause of action for personal injury does not accrue until the damage is discovered or ought reasonably to have been discovered. Therefore the limitation period covering this action as set out in s. 8(1) of the Limitation Act means "6 years from the date on which the right to do so arose" and is six years from when the plaintiff discovered or ought to have discovered the alleged injury resulting from the circumcision performed on 26th September 1974. Question 3
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