However, the law is well settled that a tortfeasor is liable for the full extent of a plaintiff’s damages as long as his or her wrongful conduct contributed to the plaintiff’s loss. A defendant can escape being wholly liable only by showing that the plaintiff’s loss would have occurred even if s/he had not been injured as a result of the defendant’s negligence; Farrant v. Laktin, 2011 BCCA 336 at paras. 9-11.
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