The best accident lawyers in British Columbia need to be aware of the top civil rules of court. This court application was brought by the injury claimant, after firing his lawyer, for an order allowing him to withdraw admissions of fact(Piso v. Thompson) which occurred due to his prior lawyer’s failure to respond to a Notice to Admit delivered by…
As a personal injury lawyer in Vancouver I was not amazed that the claimant sued an ICBC hired doctor, his claim being dismissed. I was surprised that this ill conceived court application, to force the claimant to sign a release(Mund v. Braun) “agreeing” not to sue the insurance company doctor, made it past the courthouse steps. This injury claim arises…
This personal injury case(Warkentin v. Riggs) involved a claim for losses due to injuries that the claimant sustained in a motor vehicle accident . The injury claimant was driving west on Old Clayburn Road near the intersection of Old Clayburn Road and Immel Street in Abbotsford. A pickup truck struck the claimant’s vehicle on the passenger side and the force of the…
Keep in mind that it is not the law that steps must be taken to avoid all accidents. The top legal standard imposed is one of reasonable conduct. No one, including a homeowner, is required to act so to rule out any and all possibility of an accident , including a slip and fall on a sidewalk.
In this ICBC Settlement case(Johnson v. Wells) the ICBC adjuster claims the two car accidents were settled for $7,5000 whilst the personal injury lawyer for the claimant says he only represented the claimant for the first car accident, so only the first accident was settled. the injury claimant swore that he never hired his injury…
In this hit and run motorcycle accident case (Nicholls v. Emil Anderson Maintenance Co. Ltd.) the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia ( ICBC) lawyers were seeking a court order dismissing an unidentified driver claim brought against it, on the basis that the injury claimant failed to take reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the driver responsible for the…
The injury claimant in this personal injury case had the misfortune of being involved in two motor vehicle accidents (Chalmers v. Russell). In the first accident the claimant was driving on Dollarton Highway. She had stopped at a red traffic light and then once the light turned green, was accelerating forward and passed under an overpass that was leading…
In this car accident settlement case(Stapleton v. Charambidis) the injury claimant was involved in two motor vehicle accidents. Fault for the first accident was a big issue so the lawyers agreed to have a trial on the issue of fault. The trial judge found the injury claimant 80% at fault and the other driver 20% at fault. The judge also ordered that “Costs of this trial…
The British Columbia top court, Court of Appeal, in this Vancouver filed car accident personal injury claim(Sobolik v. Waters) decided that the trial judge made an error when explaining the law regarding loss of earning capacity to the jury. This personal injury claimant, after winning a jury award of over $452,000.00, is now required to start…
In this physical and Psychiatric injury case( Jokhadar v. Dehkhodaei) the claimant was driving east along Marine Drive through the Lions Gate Bridge interchange when she suddenly saw headlights coming toward her. She braked and shut her eyes on impact. She recalls little of the collision, but says that when she got out of the car and walked to…
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