In a personal injury claim, is the claimant less economically self-sufficient than the respondent?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from L.I.W. v. T.R.W., 2014 BCSC 1748 (CanLII):
Even so, I am obliged to consider the condition, means, needs and other circumstances of the parties, and their ability to fend for themselves: Bracklow v. Bracklow, 1999 CanLII 715 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420. The claimant is less economically self-sufficient than the respondent.
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