What are the applicable first principles of a personal injury claim?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Chen v Ma, 2021 BCSC 645 (CanLII):

In Pololos v. Cinnamon-Lopez, 2016 BCSC 81[Pololos], Justice Voith, as he then was, conveniently summarized the applicable first principles as follows:

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