Can a defendant be found not to be negligent in a motor vehicle accident where the vehicle is locked in a fenced-off secure area and the keys to the vehicle are locked?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from 620357 Saskatchewan Ltd. v. Georget, 2000 SKQB 552 (CanLII):
Similarly, in Gavin v. Douglas Securities Ltd. Et al. (1958), 1958 CanLII 510 (BC SC), 25 W.W.R. 408 (B.C. S.C.), the vehicle was in a fenced, secure area and the keys were locked in the office. The defendant was found not to be negligent.
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