Does common sense apply to determine whether care is required even in the absence of medical evidence?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Gallina v. Honda Canada Finance Inc., 2014 BCSC 974 (CanLII):

The court may apply common sense to determine whether care is required even in the absence of medical evidence: Ha v. Fritzke, 1999 BCCA 667, at paras. 16, 17, and 22.

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