Is there a distinction between physical injury and psychological injury?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Trusty v Hatch, 2021 BCSC 618 (CanLII):
There is no distinction at law between physical and psychological injury insofar as the test for causation is concerned: Sangha v. Inverter Technologies Ltd., 2019 BCSC 466 at para. 105.
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