Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Types Of Motorcycles, The Ottawa Hospital, Artificial Insemination
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The bridge was owned by the canadian government. The canadian national railway has to divert its trains around the bridge and suffer millions of dollars in losses. They sue the tugboat owner, but the scc said that they didn"t owe a duty to people who used the bridge (only the owner). Although it is foreseeable that it may cause an economic loss and there is proximity, it failed on policy: there is indeterminate liability. Example 1: you go to an investment advisor who advises you to invest in a specific stock. It turns out to be a hedge fund, and you lose all of your money. The court said that you could win because there was a special relationship. Example 2: someone tells you that their investment advisor told them to put your money in a certain stock, and you do as a result. No, because he didn"t owe you a duty, only to the person he directly advised.
