In what circumstances will a jury be asked to give particulars of negligence of each of the drivers in a motor vehicle accident?
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The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Laing, 2004 BCCA 364 (CanLII):
I add words of my own only because this is a case in which had the jury been asked to give particulars of the negligence of each, as the jury was in McLean v. McCannell [1937 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1937] S.C.R. 341], cited by Mr. Justice Braidwood, we ought to know who had the right of way.
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