Week Three: Causation

  • Causation in the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Defining the test for causation: the “but for” test versus the “material contribution test”
  • Identifying complex causation issues in personal injury:
    • The challenge of medical science;
    • Pre-existing injuries or health conditions;
    • Multiple tortious and non-tortious events;
    • Divisible and indivisible injuries
  • Causation in medical malpractice claims
  • Causation in historical sexual assault and batter
  • Causation of addiction

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Week Three