Is there any gaps between a plaintiff’s medical visits?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chabot v. Chaube, 2014 BCSC 300 (CanLII):
The presence of gaps between a plaintiff’s medical visits alone does not alone logically insinuate absence of injury, resolution, or their significance: Fontaine v. Van Kampen, 2013 BCSC 1702.
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