How have courts treated pre-existing conditions in the context of injuries?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Konnert v Buonassisi, 2019 BCSC 1648 (CanLII):

In Abbott v. Gerges, 2014 BCSC 1329 at para. 55, Madam Justice Warren succinctly summarized the treatment of a pre-existing condition in the context of injuries:

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