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[[Category:Tort Law]] [[Category:Legal Principles]] {{Citation: | categories = [Tort Law], [Legal Principles] | shortlink = https://rvt.link/60 }} ==R. v. Leyton, 2008 ONCJ 757 (CanLII)<ref name="Leyton"/>== There is a principle in the law of torts that <b><u>a person takes their complainant as they find them meaning that the complainant's particular sensitivities to something does not constitute a defense for a defendant.</b></u> This is known as <b><u>the doctrine of the "thin skulled plaintiff"</b></u> and applies where you have <u>someone who is more sensitive or susceptible to something than an average individual due to injury or natural predisposition.</u> <ref name="Leyton">R. v. Leyton, 2008 ONCJ 757 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/23z3w>, retrieved on 2023-05-18</ref> ==References==

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