A B.C. Supreme Court Justice has awarded a former Prince George tow truck driver nearly $260,000 in damages for the injuries he suffered when rear-ended on Highway 97 slightly more than two years ago.
In shock and with the adrenaline flowing, Robert Curry, 44, "shook off" the effects and loaded the defendant's vehicle onto the his five-ton flatbed tow truck and cleaned up the debris following the Feb. 24, 2012 collision on a slippery and snowy road.
But by the next morning his whole body hurt and he has not returned to work since then.
In a reasons for judgment issued this week, Justice Ron Tindale found the collision left Curry with injuries to his hip and neck, as well as chronic pain and mild depression and awarded $100,000 in non-pecuniary damages.
A further $72,000 was awarded for loss of future earning capacity, $58,240 for past wage loss, $20,543.68 for costs related to going to a pain clinic and $8,000 for loss of housekeeping capacity, for a total of $258,783.68.
Curry's tow truck was hit after he came to a stop north of Quesnel where a separate fatal collision and subsequent closure of the stretch so RCMP could gather evidence had resulted in a lineup of traffic. Paul Powar and Northern Tire Capital Ltd. were listed as the defendants.
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