Can foreseeability be limited in the law of torts?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Western Display Service Ltd. v. Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, 1996 CanLII 2546 (BC SC):
41 On my reading of it, Hadley v. Baxendale was really a case about limiting the ambit of foreseeability or the scope of damages to be awarded upon a breach of contract. Similar problems can often arise in the law of torts.
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