In a Post-Pandemic Era, is Coughing on Someone an Assault?
Farouk Jiwa
November 12, 2021
Does coughing on a person constitute an assault under the Criminal Code? Alberta’s provincial court has ruled that it does in R. v. Pruden, 2021 ABPC 266. Mr. Pruden was found guilty in relation to an incident that occurred inside a local Calgary pub in