Can an injured person recover out-of-pocket expenses they incurred as a result of a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Petes v Petersen, 2021 BCSC 1838 (CanLII):
An injured person may recover the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses they incurred as a result of the accident, so that they are restored to the position they would have been in if not for the accident: X v. Y, 2011 BCSC 944 at para. 281.
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