Headaches Diminish Ability to Operate Thriving Business and Results in Court Award

Back Pain, British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, How Much Money Will I Get?, Neck Pain, Soft Tissue Injury

A personal injury award for loss of future earning capacity was awarded to this claimant despite his janitorial business continuing to be successful and thriving since the car accident in question(MacDonald v. Joseph,2015 BCSC 1461) The claimant was a 29 year old passenger when the head on car accident occurred on Vancouver Island. The airbags deployed in the…

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$100,000 Award for Pain and Suffering in Chronic Headache Case

Back Pain, British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, Chronic Pain Syndrome, How Much Money Will I Get?, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Neck Pain, Soft Tissue Injury

Awards for pain and suffering are not calculated but rather assessed. In British Columbia personal injury lawyers provide Judges with a range of reasonable awards based on caselaw precedent.  The claimant in this chronic headache, neck, shoulder and low back pain case (Forder v. Linde,2014 BCSC 1600)  was injured in a car accident when she…

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