Does a reduction in the overall damage award for a motor vehicle accident result in disc herniation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Haines v. Shewaga, 2009 BCSC 340 (CanLII):
At paragraph 48 of Athey v. Leonati, Major J. explained that if: . . . there was some realistic chance that the disc herniation would have occurred at some point in the future without the accident, then a reduction of the overall damage award may have been considered. . . .
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