Is misrepresentation sufficient to be an inducing cause for a plaintiff's actions?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Zhou v Li, 2019 BCSC 188 (CanLII):
A misrepresentation does not need to be the only or even the most significant inducement for the plaintiff’s actions. It is sufficient if a misrepresentation is an inducing cause: Battrum v. MacKenzie, 2010 BCSC 1285 at paras. 24-25.
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