The Ufimzeff v. Brown court decision was released by the British Columbia Supreme Court in Kelowna on September 2, 2008.

On June 15, 2005, then 60 year-old Raisa Ufimzeff was driving in Vernon, British Columbia when a Chrysler pulled out of an alley and struck her car. She hit her chest  the force of the collision dazed her. Her daughter came and took her to the hospital where she was released the same day and told that she had injured the muscles in her chest.

Over the next several days, Ms. Ufimzeff began to feel worse. She went to visit her family doctor and reported pain in her sternum area. X-rays revealed an undisplaced fracture of her sternum. Read the rest of this entry »