Is a minor motor vehicle accident capable of causing long-term soft tissue injuries?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hau v Patterson, 2020 BCSC 1069 (CanLII):
Recent judicial commentary cautions that more recent authority has recognized even minor motor vehicle accidents as capable of causing long-term and debilitating soft-tissue injuries: Jenkins v. Irving, 2020 BCSC 391 at paras. 100–104.
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