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Tort 2025 BCSC 497

Knitter v. Dennis

Liability for a highway rear-end collision was apportioned 90% to Mr. Knitter and 10% to Mr. Dennis after the court found Knitter illegally passed and then struck a deer.

  • Rear-end collision
  • Overtaking across solid centre line
  • Wildlife collision
  • Apportionment of liability
  • Black box (event data recorder) evidence
  • Credibility assessment
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Torts 2020 BCSC 1950

Postic v. Demarco

Liability decision from a motorcycle collision case in Vancouver. The court found both drivers negligent and apportioned fault 70% to the defendant and 30% to the plaintiff.

  • Contributory negligence
  • Apportionment of liability
  • Overtaking
  • Duty to signal
  • Duty to shoulder check
  • Foreseeability
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Motor vehicle law 2018 BCSC 2129

Sarkari v. Carew

Liability for a motorcycle-sedan collision was apportioned 80% to the unlicensed motorcyclist and 20% to the turning driver, with an adverse inference from non-attendance.

  • Overtaking
  • Left turn collisions
  • Contributory negligence
  • Apportionment of liability
  • Licence compliance
  • Adverse inference for non-attendance
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Tort 2016 BCSC 1242

Tabori v. Renaud

Motorcycle-overtaking collision trial on liability only. The court found the motorcyclist entirely at fault for an unsafe pass while impaired and dismissed the claim.

  • Overtaking
  • Left turn
  • Apportionment of liability
  • Impairment (alcohol)
  • Motor vehicle act interpretation
  • Motor-vehicle-negligence
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Tort 2014 BCSC 1765

Link v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

The court found the overtaking SUV driver negligent after snowy conditions and an unsafe pass caused snow to cover the plaintiff’s windshield and led to the crash.

  • Overtaking
  • Mva ss.157-159
  • Duty of care
  • Causation
  • Contributory negligence
  • Summary judgment
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Tort 2012 BCSC 166

Johel v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Summary judgment was granted for the plaintiff in a motor vehicle collision case. The court found the defendants’ overtaking driver solely at fault.

  • Right of way
  • Overtaking
  • Duty of care
  • Apportionment of fault
  • Statutory interpretation of motor vehicle act sections
  • Motor-vehicle-collision
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Torts [1948] SCR 82

Charbonneau v. Dubé

The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal in a bicycle-truck collision, holding the truck drivers rebutted the statutory presumption of fault and that the cyclist’s sudden left turn caused the accident.

  • Presumption of fault
  • Contributory negligence
  • Duty to signal
  • Overtaking
  • Causation
  • Negligence
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