D.W.P. v. Owner
The court held Driver liable in negligence and battery after a motorcycle collision during a psychotic episode, and found Owner vicariously liable under s. 86.
- Insanity/mental illness as defence in tort
- Admissibility and weight of psychiatric expert evidence
- Causation
- Assessment of damages (non-pecuniary, past and future earning capacity, future care)
- Publication ban and anonymization
- Mental-illness-defence-in-tort