Treating Psychiatrist Opinion Needed to Avoid Adverse Inference
The Judge agreed to instruct the jury, in this personal injury case, that they can draw an adverse inference from the claimant’s failure to have her treating psychiatrist provide an opinion.(Brar v. Ismail, 2018 BCSC 1487) The claimant’s depression was a central factor in this personal injury lawsuit. She claimed the car accident significantly aggravated her…