What are the rules of causation and damage assessment in tort law?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mundell v Cherry, 2021 BCSC 1483 (CanLII):
The rules of causation must not be confused with the rules of damage assessment in tort. The distinction was explained by Chief Justice McLachlan in Blackwater v. Plint, 2005 SCC 58:
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