What is the range of damages for a plaintiff who sustained multiple injuries in a motor vehicle accident?

The assessment of damages is a global exercise and must be based on the effect the injuries as a whole have had or will continue to have on the plaintiff’s life: Engqvist v. Doyle, 2011 BCSC 1585 at paras. 28-29.

To ensure that the plaintiff is not left in a better position than she would otherwise have been in, the court needs to determine the plaintiff’s original position and the effects of pre-existing conditions and intervening events: Khudabux v. McClary, 2018 BCCA 234 at para. 41.

The test to be applied to past and future hypothetical events is “whether there is a real and substantial possibility that the events in question would occur”: Rousta v. MacKay, 2018 BCCA 29 at paras. 14 and 17.