In a motor vehicle accident, can a plaintiff recover from cervical and low back injuries?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Corrado v. Mah, 2006 BCSC 1191 (CanLII):

In Feeg v. McLeod, [1999] B.C.J. No. 548 (S.C.), a 43 year old male suffered a mild cervical strain and moderately severe low back strain in a rear-end motor vehicle accident. At trial (seven years after the accident) he continued to suffer from pain symptoms in his lower back.

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