[7] The plaintiff’s uncontroverted evidence (supported by the pertinent medical documentation) is that she “always understood that with time and proper treatment my injuries would resolve and I would be able to return to my pre-accident activities.” As she put it in her affidavit:
At no time was I told that my injuries and impairments were permanent and would not get better with time and treatment. By August 20, 2010 [just over a year after the accident] I continued to have pain and impairments and therefore retained [my lawyer] … to represent me with respect to the injuries I had sustained in the motor vehicle accident. I relied on [my lawyer] to take whatever steps were necessary to proceed with my claims …