Under the Ontario Insurance Act s.267.5(5)(b), a person is eligible to receive non-pecuniary general damages from a motor vehicle accident claim only if they meet the required ‘threshold’ in terms of sustaining “a permanent serious impairment of an important physical, mental and psychological function”. The Act also sets out specific requirements for proving ‘serious’ and ‘permanent’ injury, which includes evidence from at least one physician.
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