What is the impact of a motor vehicle accident on a plaintiff's mental health?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lewis v Gibson, 2018 BCSC 1713 (CanLII):

The judge found that there was "an inter-relationship between the pain that the plaintiff experienced from her physical injuries and her emotional or psychological problems". He also found that her psychological problems "worsened because of the accident". Even in cases where a plaintiff is suffering from serious chronic depression, an aggravation of the symptoms attributable to a tort is compensable: Sangha v. Chen, 2013 BCCA 267. In the present case, where the plaintiff's symptoms were fairly minor before the accident, but developed into major depression as a result of the accident, it is clear that damages ought to have been awarded. …

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