Published in: Retail Case Update: 30.Apr.20 April 30, 2020

Retail Case Update: A Retailer’s Duty of Care – Supervision of Independent Contractors

Our Retail Case Updates are intended to assist you in staying current with new case law and emerging legal issues in this area.

Co-authored by Kim Yee and Jaeda Lee, the April edition of the Retail Case Law Update discusses a recent case, Woo v. Crème De La Crumb Bakeshop & Catering Ltd., 2019 BCSC 1752, where the court considered whether a retailer bakeshop could be found liable under the Occupiers Liability Act for catastrophic injuries the 66 year old plaintiff suffered while doing repair work at a bakeshop.

Read the update here.