Is a plaintiff impecunious in a motor vehicle accident?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jovanovic v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2008 CanLII 53856 (ON SC):
They note that the trial evidence showed that the plaintiff received a large settlement from an earlier motor vehicle accident, so he may not be as impecunious as he claims to be. Further, they state that sympathy for the plaintiff and financial hardship should not deprive defendants of their costs: Claessins v. Wice, 1991 CarswellBC 102 (B.C.C.A.) The plaintiff
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