Driving & Driving Test Tips: asking for a suggestion, collision reconstructionists, strain type


Question
My husband had an accident yesterday. To be clear it not really a accident.when he was driving he saw the cars behind him stopping because of red light. He also applied the brake and due to rain it was slippery and so he stopped by touching the car behind him. Both of them stopped and excanged the number and the other told him that he had small scratch and he would like to have burfing. My husband agreed and told him that he would pay for that. Later the second day we got a call from that guy and he said that he want to claim to icbc and he got a shock which is causing back pain and he want physiotheraphy for that. No we are sure that he is taking advantage of that small incident. How can we come out of this....... Please help

Answer
I am not completely sure about Canadian civil actions but I do know that there are collision reconstructionists that do work on collisions in Canada.  If the damage was very small as you described, then you should consider the services af a collision reconstructionist to evaluatet the circumstances of this collision and the potential of an injury to either party.

remember that just because you think it should not be an injury, it only takes about a 5 MPH/8 KPH change in speed to the rear of a vehicle to start having a potential for a sprain strain type of injury.  these minor injuries ordinarily resove in 2-4 weeks, but they do occur.