What are the consequences of a motor vehicle accident on a plaintiff?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gulamani v. Chandra, 2008 BCSC 179 (CanLII):
The injuries sustained in the second accident have no impact on the damages that could be awarded against the applicants. There is a period of ten years between the first and second accident. In my view, by the time of the second accident, the extent of the injuries from the first accident must be clear and well-defined. I find this situation much different than a case where two accidents occur within a relatively short time period, and the medical evidence deals only with the combined effects of the injuries on a plaintiff. In that situation, there is a real issue of causation because it is difficult to determine which accident caused which injury. To my mind, that is the type of situation contemplated in Long v. Thiessen.
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