New Brunswick government expected to review minor injury cap before the end of 2010

New Brunswick’s new provincial government is expected to move quickly on its mandate to review the province’s $2,500 cap on minor auto injuries.In a landslide majority, the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, led by David Alward, won the provincial election of Sept. 28, unseating Premier Shawn Graham and his Liberal Party. The Progressive Conservatives took power with a 34-page election platform that includes a review of the province’s cap $2,500 cap on payments for minor injuries sustained in an automobile collision.”We believe the time has come for a review of the cap on soft tissue damage caused by car accidents, and we will move quickly to ensure this review is launched before the end of the year,” the 2010 election platform reads. “A new Progressive Conservative government led by David Alward will: • initiate a review to increase the $2,500 cap on soft tissue damage caused by car accidents within three months of the election; and • review the definition of soft-tissue injury during the same period.”