What is the legal framework used to support a plaintiff in a personal injury claim?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fowler v Ford, 2021 BCSC 324 (CanLII):
The general legal framework focuses on putting the plaintiff in the position (both post-accident but pre-trial and post-trial) they would have been in but for the injuries caused by the defendant’s negligence. That framework is set out in Midgley v. Nguyen, 2013 BCSC 693 at paras. 235-240:
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