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==<i>Sobh v RBC General Ins.,</i> 2016 ONSC 7382 (CanLII)<ref name="Sboh"/>==
==<i>Sobh v RBC General Ins.,</i> 2016 ONSC 7382 (CanLII)<ref name="Sboh"/>==


17]        The Fault Determination Rules[6]<ref name="Ref668"/>, although not binding on tort actions, apportion liability in a rear-end collision at one-hundred percent (100%) for the driver of the rear vehicle and zero percent (0%) for the driver of the lead vehicle.
17]        The Fault Determination Rules[6]<ref name="Reg668"/>, although not binding on tort actions, apportion liability in a rear-end collision at one-hundred percent (100%) for the driver of the rear vehicle and zero percent (0%) for the driver of the lead vehicle.


[18]        Canadian courts have consistently found, generally speaking, the operator of a rear vehicle at fault for rear-end collisions.[7]<ref name="Beaumont"/><ref="Iannarella"/>
[18]        Canadian courts have consistently found, generally speaking, the operator of a rear vehicle at fault for rear-end collisions.[7]<ref name="Beaumont"/><ref="Iannarella"/>
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[20]        RBC has filed a series of cases where Courts of Appeal have seen fit to apportion liability in rear-end collisions.  Examples include: (i) where a truck is parked in the middle of the road because it ran out of gas[9]<ref name="Irvine"/>; (ii) where a vehicle is stopped in the middle of a road in a winter storm to check the brakes[10]<ref name="Findlay"/>; and (iii) where a vehicle comes to an unexplained sudden stop.[11]<ref name="Kim"/>
[20]        RBC has filed a series of cases where Courts of Appeal have seen fit to apportion liability in rear-end collisions.  Examples include: (i) where a truck is parked in the middle of the road because it ran out of gas[9]<ref name="Irvine"/>; (ii) where a vehicle is stopped in the middle of a road in a winter storm to check the brakes[10]<ref name="Findlay"/>; and (iii) where a vehicle comes to an unexplained sudden stop.[11]<ref name="Kim"/>


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Revision as of 15:11, 5 July 2022


Fault Determination Rules, RRO 1990, Reg 668[1]

[1]

Sobh v RBC General Ins., 2016 ONSC 7382 (CanLII)[2]

17] The Fault Determination Rules[6][1], although not binding on tort actions, apportion liability in a rear-end collision at one-hundred percent (100%) for the driver of the rear vehicle and zero percent (0%) for the driver of the lead vehicle.

[18] Canadian courts have consistently found, generally speaking, the operator of a rear vehicle at fault for rear-end collisions.[7][3]<ref="Iannarella"/>

[19] The common law principle of fault attribution to the rear vehicle in rear-end collisions is not absolute and is subject to a careful examination of whether the rear-driver and, by necessity, the lead-driver were acting reasonably in the circumstances.[8][4]

[20] RBC has filed a series of cases where Courts of Appeal have seen fit to apportion liability in rear-end collisions. Examples include: (i) where a truck is parked in the middle of the road because it ran out of gas[9][5]; (ii) where a vehicle is stopped in the middle of a road in a winter storm to check the brakes[10][6]; and (iii) where a vehicle comes to an unexplained sudden stop.[11][7]

[2] [3] [8] [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fault Determination Rules, RRO 1990, Reg 668, <http://canlii.ca/t/53ggp> retrieved on 2020-12-01
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sobh v RBC General Ins., 2016 ONSC 7382 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/gwllc>, retrieved on 2022-07-05
  3. 3.0 3.1 Beaumont v. Ruddy, 1932 CanLII 147 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/g139s>, retrieved on 2022-07-05
  4. 4.0 4.1 Martin-Vandenhende v. Myslik, 2012 ONCA 53 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/fpsgc>, retrieved on 2022-07-05
  5. 5.0 5.1 Irvine v. Metropolitan Transport Co. Ltd., 1933 CanLII 109 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/g1h03>, retrieved on 2022-07-05
  6. 6.0 6.1 Findlay v. Diver, 1992 CanLII 7537 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/g1cfq>, retrieved on 2022-07-05
  7. 7.0 7.1 Kim v. Salzl, 1994 CanLII 1851 (BC CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/1dd07>, retrieved on 2022-07-05
  8. Iannarella v. Corbett,< 2015 ONCA 110 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/ggbk3>, retrieved on 2022-07-05