Is there any case law that supports the argument that there is a close temporal connection between the dates of two events?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from WCAT-2014-03749 (Re), 2014 CanLII 91544 (BC WCAT):
First, the weight to be given this close temporal connection should not be overstated. Indeed, the unpersuasive nature of this kind of reasoning is so well recognized that the courts have developed the Latin maxim of post hoc ergo propter hoc to capture the deficiency of such reasoning. Ehrcke J. provided a helpful illustration of this maxim in White v. Stonestreet, 2006 BCSC 801:
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