Minor vehicle damage, major bodily injury

In a recent case, Anderson v. Gagnon 2018 BCSC 98, the Supreme Court of British Columbia affirmed the rulings of Gordon v. Palmer, [1993] B.C.J. No. 474 (S.C.); Kallstrom v. Yip, 2016 BCSC 829; Lubick v. Mei, 2008 BCSC 555; and Duda v. Sekhon, 2015 BCSC 2393 on the principle that collisions involving minor damage to motor vehicles is not “the yardstick by which to measure the extent of injuries suffered by the plaintiff.” In Anderson v. Gagnon, the plaintiff was involved in two very minor motor vehicle accidents which resulted in injuries which were the subject of the lwsuit. The...

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