sch.13-sec.3Multiple injuries

sch.13-sec.3 Multiple injuries

Subject to section 9 , in assessing the ISV for multiple injuries, a court must consider the range of ISVs for the dominant injury of the multiple injuries. To reflect the level of adverse impact of multiple injuries on an injured worker, the court may assess the ISV for the multiple injuries as being higher in the range of ISVs for the dominant injury of the multiple injuries than the ISV the court would assess for the dominant injury only. This section acknowledges that— the effects of multiple injuries commonly overlap, with each injury contributing to the overall level of adverse impact on the injured worker; and if each of the multiple injuries were assigned an individual ISV and these ISVs were added together, the total ISV would generally be too high. (sch.13-sec.3-ssec.1) Subject to section 9 , in assessing the ISV for multiple injuries, a court must consider the range of ISVs for the dominant injury of the multiple injuries. (sch.13-sec.3-ssec.2) To reflect the level of adverse impact of multiple injuries on an injured worker, the court may assess the ISV for the multiple injuries as being higher in the range of ISVs for the dominant injury of the multiple injuries than the ISV the court would assess for the dominant injury only. This section acknowledges that— the effects of multiple injuries commonly overlap, with each injury contributing to the overall level of adverse impact on the injured worker; and if each of the multiple injuries were assigned an individual ISV and these ISVs were added together, the total ISV would generally be too high.

• • the effects of multiple injuries commonly overlap, with each injury contributing to the overall level of adverse impact on the injured worker; and
• • if each of the multiple injuries were assigned an individual ISV and these ISVs were added together, the total ISV would generally be too high.