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Canada’s Supreme Court Considers Whether a Rotted Tree Falling on a Car is ”an Auto Accident”

On August 1, 2006, in the Canadian city of Westmount, Quebec, a century-old rotted tree fell on Garbriel Rossy’s car, killing him. The city, in response to the family’s $1.3 million lawsuit, claimed that since Rossy had been in his car, his death was an automobile accident and the city … Continue reading

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