Can a plaintiff bring a claim against a defendant who failed to exercise reasonable care?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Pinsent v. Brown, 2013 BCSC 794 (CanLII):

The defendants cited McIlvenna v. Viebig, 2012 BCSC 218, in which Sigurdson J. dismissed the case, concluding that the plaintiff had not demonstrated that the defendant failed to exercise reasonable care.

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