$115,000 Non-Pecuniary Assessment for L4-5 Disc Herniation
Reasons for judgement were published today by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, assessing damages for various injuries sustained in a collision including a L4-5 disc herniation with nerve root compression.
In today’s case (Rahemtulla v. Sutton) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2013 collision that the Defendant accepted fault for. The crash resulted in a variety of long lasting injuries including a low back disc herniation with nerve compression which required surgical intervention. In assessing non-pecuniary damages at $115,000 Mr. Justice Masuhara provided the following reasons: