What is the definition of a permanent injury?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Legree v. Origlieri, 2021 ONSC 7650 (CanLII):
“Permanent” has been interpreted to mean lasting, or intending to last, indefinitely into the future without any defined or foreseeable end. The requirement of an injury being “permanent” is also met where the injury is unlikely to improve: Brak v. Walsh, 2008 ONCA 221, 90 O.R. (3d) 34, at para. 4.
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