Friday, April 17, 2015

$50,000 Non-Pecuniary Assessment for Aggravation of “Active Back and Neck Pain”

In today’s case (Dhaliwal v. Pillay) the Plaintiff was involved in two collisions, the first in 2010, the second in 2011.  The Defendants admitted fault for both crashes.  Prior to the collisions the plaintiff fell off a ladder and injured his neck and back and had ongoing symptoms from this injury.  The Court found the collisions aggravated these pre-existing injuries.  In assessing non-pecuniary damages at $50,000 Mr. Justice Truscott provided the following reasons:

More/source:
http://bc-injury-law.com/blog/50000-nonpecuniary-assessment-aggravation-active-neck-pain?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IcbcLaw+%28ICBC+Law%29

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