Does a plaintiff have to recover from a motor vehicle accident that resulted in him receiving welfare benefits while he was still unemployed?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wipfli v. Britten, 1984 CanLII 561 (BC CA):
In Boarelli v. Flannigan, Dubin J.A., who gave the judgment of the court, stated the issue before the court in this way [at p. 5]: The immediate issue is whether welfare payments received by the plaintiff while unemployed as a result of injuries received in a motor vehicle accident caused by the defendant should be deducted from the amount that the plaintiff would otherwise have recovered as loss of income.
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