What is the divisibility of injuries in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ham v Dhaliwal, 2022 BCSC 520 (CanLII):
The issue of divisibility of injuries is relevant to both the analysis of causation and damages. Our Court of Appeal set out the applicable principles as follows in Moore v. Kyba, 2012 BCCA 361:
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