What is the effect of having to wait several years to receive medical evidence for a Part VII claim?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gill v. Hepburn, 2012 BCSC 439 (CanLII):
This case is unlike Galati v. Insurance Corp. British Columbia, [1997] B.C.J. No. 2129 (S.C.), relied upon by the plaintiffs. The remarks of Burnyeat J. in Galati deal with injury cases where both parties were active in pursuing medical evidence in response to a Part VII claim that remained outstanding for several years.
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