BICYCLE ACCIDENT INJURY LAWYERS Vancouver Bike and Cycling Lawyers We know about bike accidents. Lawyer Mr. Renn A. Holness has been prosecuting bicycle injury cases in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and Court of Appeal since 1995. Caring and compassionate we will always act on behalf of the injured cyclist and work with family…
Renn A. Holness is a gifted lawyer and author to over 1000 legal blog articles. Married father of two daughters, son of a neurosurgeon and founder of Holness and Small Law Group
ICBC Sues Rioters to Recover Money Paid for Car Damage Insurance Claims
Over 77 vehicles were set on fire or damaged in the Stanley Cup riots and ICBC insurance claims were over half a million dollars. 46 people have been named in the lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of BC and ICBC is seeking punitive damages to financially punish the rioters. Insurance coverage for damage to…
Best for Personal Injury Lawyers with ICBC Injury Claims to Avoid Representing the Corporation
When injured in a car accident and hiring a personal injury lawyer in BC most never make it a top priority to ask whether the lawyer or law firm works for ICBC. Why is this important? Personal Injury Lawyers and law firms that work for ICBC are restricted in the types of lawsuits they can…
Personal Injury Claimant Without Lawyer Misses ICBC Offer of Settlement
When to refuse an ICBC offer of settlement, was a topic discussed in the trial judges decision and this is the personal injury claimants self appeal to the BC Court of Appeal(Gatzke v. Sidhu, 2013 BCCA 261) . The the injury claimant did not have a personal injury lawyer at her appeal and the court…
Hurtbc.com Personal Injury Lawyers Top Priority is Best Settlements
In Vancouver, Surrey, Richmond, Burnaby, Langley, and all regions in British Columbia hurtbc.com can be an important resource for personal injury claimants. The law firm of Holness Law Group, based in Vancouver across from the courthouse, provides complete care for your personal injury claim. Whether you have had in a car accident, medical mishap, or slip…
$75,000 Award for Pain and Suffering Reduced for Ignoring Medical Advice
How much an injury victim gets for pain and suffering after a car accident in ICBC claims and other personal injury cases can be reduced by the court for not following medical treatment. In this case, after suffering a car accident injury in which medication was initially taken with success and then abandoned for no good reason,…
ICBC Settlement Payouts are not Much for a Corporation worth Billions
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, ICBC, is required to release financial statements to lawyers and the general public which includes the amount they pay to injury claimants for out of court settlements. ICBC forecasts net income of $230 million in 2013 and $229 million in 2014, a total of $459 million after paying innocent victims injured…
Judge Copies Personal Injury Lawyer in $4 Million Brain Injury Award
This birth malpractice case (Cojocaru v. British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre,2013 SCC 30) resulting in brain injury affirms the direction that Canadian Courts are taking to informed consent in personal injury malpractice cases. The multi-million dollar award was upheld against one doctor for failing to provide the claimant with informed consent for the “vaginal…
Personal Injury Lawyers Be Warned about the Content of Affidavits
An application to adduce fresh evidence in an appeal of a successful personal injury jury award was thwarted by a deficient affidavit from a legal support staff. This million dollar personal injury award case arising out of a car accident injury (Albert v. Politano, 2013 BCCA 194) deserves more than one article as personal injury lawyers…
$75,000.00 Award for Pain and Suffering after Car Accident Injury
The claimant was in a car accident in Kelowna, B.C. (Thorne v. Lind,2013 BCSC 862) and suffered injuries to her neck, right shoulder, and upper back area and the Court assessed what her case was worth. The other driver admitted fault but claimed the injuries were not related to the accident and was worth much less…
