What constitutes a prima facie case in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bassra v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, 2001 BCPC 25 (CanLII):
As to what constitutes a prima facie case Baird Ellan PCJ (as she then was) in Wong v. ICBC (1993) B.C.J. Number 2941, said in paragraph 12, "The onus with respect to establishing the theft would be satisfied by his bare assertion that the vehicle went missing without his consent."
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