Story out of North Vancouver, BC:
The mother of a 12-year-old girl who suffered a traumatic eye injury playing soccer is angry that her insurance company won't pay out because it says the injury isn't sufficiently severe.
Emily Laprise took a ball in the eye during a game in North Vancouver last fall.
She remembers falling to the ground, screaming in pain.
"I was telling them, 'I can't see anything! I can't see anything!'" Laprise said.
The ball detached the retina in her left eye and tore a hole in the retinal lining.
A surgeon was able to reattach the retina, but the hole remains.
Nancy Desrosiers, Emily's mother bought accident insurance from Industrial Alliance, the fourth largest insurance company in Canada.
But when Desrosiers submitted her claim, it was denied.
The insurance giant says even though Laprise only sees black in the bottom half of her vision, she can wear strong prescription glasses to eliminate blurry, double vision in the upper field, so she doesn't qualify for coverage.
All players with the BC Soccer Association are covered under a sport accident policy, administered by Crawford & Company.
Last week, Desrosiers learned her daughter will receive $15,000 for "irrecoverable loss of sight in one eye."
The payout, says Desrosiers, is "bittersweet," but she's grateful the claim was handled without dispute. Cont.
Story from - CBC News
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