What is the effect of a slip and fall on a plaintiff's right wrist?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Prempeh v. Boisvert, 2012 BCSC 304 (CanLII):
In summary I find that the November 24, 2007, incident caused the plaintiff to sustain an injury to her low back and right wrist. At the time of the incident she had recovered from her previous work-related back injuries. The chronic mechanical low back pain that she currently experiences was caused by the incident. She experiences varying levels of pain and discomfort on a persistent basis and suffers episodic flare-ups. Her back pain is aggravated by lifting and prolonged sitting and standing. In order to continue working as a residential care aide she is required to wear a lumbar corset for support which, on the medical evidence, will lead to progressive weakness in her core muscles. She is also prone to episodic aggravations of the wrist injury that she sustained in the incident. The defendant remains responsible for those aggravations: Kaleta v. McDougall 2011 BCSC 1259 at para. 61.
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