Occupational therapist qualified as expert witness with testimony limited to wheelchair damage and replacement costs.
The applicant in a human rights proceeding proposed to call an occupational therapist as an expert witness to testify about the stowage of her wheelchair in taxi cabs.
The respondent opposed the qualification.
The Tribunal qualified the witness as an expert but limited the scope of her testimony.
The Tribunal allowed evidence regarding the cost and damage associated with improper trunk stowage, but excluded evidence on the applicant's specific use of the device and safety concerns with accessible minivans, finding those topics unnecessary given the evidence already heard.
Erica Tanny v. Coventry Connections Inc. o/a Blue Line Taxi, 2016 HRTO 1416
