Contributory Fault
The Tortfeasors and Contributory Negligence Act
Description:... Tort law deals with civil wrongs, and how persons who have been injured by the wrongful conduct of others should be compensated. This report gives an overview of the common law relating to contribution among tortfeasors and contributory negligence, the legislative and common law reforms, and the basis for apportionment of damages. It examines the underlying principles of joint and several liability and proportionate liability and developments affecting these principles within Canada and internationally. Finally, it makes recommendations for reforms respecting the effects of the plaintiff's contributory negligence on his or her right to recover damages from a wrongdoer, and makes recommendations for reforms with respect to the right of one wrongdoer to contribution from another wrongdoer when the wrongful conduct of both wrongdoers has caused a single loss to a plaintiff.--Includes text from document.
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