Is there any case law where a jury has found that a plaintiff suffered depression as a result of a motor vehicle accident and a subsequent assault?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from B.(P.) v. V.E.(R.), 2007 BCSC 1568 (CanLII):
In Hutchings v. Dow, 2007 BCCA 148, 66 B.C.L.R. (4th) 78, the trial judge found that the depression suffered by the plaintiff was an indivisible injury that was contributed to in a material way by the accident that was the subject of the litigation and a subsequent assault. Prowse J.A. said at ¶20:
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