What are the governing principles of a personal injury application?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cochrane v. ICBC, 2005 BCSC 159 (CanLII):
I take the governing principles on this application from Bernhardt v. Vernon School Board:[3] In most personal injury cases the issues of liability and damages, though clearly separate, are rightly tried together. This is so, even where the issue of damages, perhaps because of complicated medical evidence, takes longer to try than the issue of liability. ... In a personal injuries case the courts will not depart from the normal practice except for good reason.
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