A recent Ontario pedestrian-accident case highlights an important legal concept that is fundamental to resolving insurance claims.
It is the “transmission of force” principle, which in multi-car accidents helps isolate the vehicle that is legally adjudged to be the root cause of the accident, and can apply to a stationary vehicle that is hit by a moving one, or to two or more moving vehicles. By extension, the principle plays a key part in determining which of several insurers may be liable to pay for personal injury damages that may have arisen in the accident.
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