A recent case highlights the importance of having expert evidence a trials involving complaints of chronic pain. Justice DiTomaso concluded on the threshold motion that the Plaintiff, Ms. Eliana Arteaga, had sustained a permanent and serious impairment despite MRI reports showing no issues. Ms. Arteaga was injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident on March 15, 2011. She was rear-ended by a dump truck travelling at approximately 60 kilometres per hour while stopped in traffic northbound on Highway 50 and Queen Street in Brampton.