IEA Section 15 — Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional

Summary

If there is a dispute about whether an act was accidental or intentional, or done with a specific knowledge or intention, then evidence that the act was part of a series of similar events involving the same person can be considered. This means that a pattern of similar behaviour by the same person may help decide if the act in question was accidental or deliberate.

Official Text

When there is a question whether an act was accidental or intentional, or done with a particular knowledge or intention, the fact that such act formed part of a series of similar occurrences, in each of which the person doing the act was concerned, is relevant.

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BSA §13 — Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional