How can pre-existing conditions be relevant to an assessment of damages?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Johal v. Conron, 2013 BCSC 1924 (CanLII):

Mr. Justice Barrow explained how pre-existing conditions can be relevant to an assessment of damages in two different ways in Johannson v. National Car Rental (Canada) Inc., 2008 BCSC 1873 at paras. 36 and 37:

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