What is the impact of chronic pain disorder on the quality of life of a young woman who is a plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Peacock v. Battel, 2013 BCSC 958 (CanLII):
In Kasidoulis v. Russo, 2010 BCSC 978, the plaintiff experienced an injury in 2005 when she was in her early 30s. She was pregnant at the time of the accident. The injuries were mainly to her neck, shoulders and back. She found the pain “quite disabling and it made it impossible for her to work, do any household tasks or care for her child”. In 2008 the plaintiff had another child and during that pregnancy her pain was exacerbated. By the time of the trial the plaintiff was diagnosed with a chronic pain disorder. The trial judge found the plaintiff continued to suffer from debilitating mid and low back pain which had led to a “significant degradation of her quality of life”.
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