Not necessarily. If your injuries are such that they do not pierce the threshold you may still have a case if you have sustained economic losses and housekeeping losses as a result of the accident. You do not need to meet the threshold for the purposes of economic losses or for a housekeeping claim and home maintenance claim however, you will need to prove that those losses are related to the accident on the balance of probabilities; that is, you will have to show that it is more likely than not, that your injuries and the losses that flow from them are related to the accident.
Patricia Santucci is a personal injury lawyer born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. She holds several degrees having attended King’s College at the University of Western Ontario, McMaster University, earned a Master of Arts degree at the University of Windsor and an Ontario Teaching Degree from Teacher’s College as well as her Ontario Teaching Certificate. After graduating from the University of Alberta law school she was called to the bar in 2000. You can find Patricia on Google+ and LinkedIn or directly through this website
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