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
A Maple Ridge man with no lawyer now owes over 3 million dollars after court finds that he intentionally hit the injury claimant in the head with a golf club resulting in a severe skull fracture and traumatic brain injury(Saether v. Irvine, 2011 BCSC 1497) . The altercation occurred in front of a home in Maple Ridge, British…
The claimant was injured in a car crash in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast near Gibsons, British Columbia (Milliken v. Rowe, 2011 BCSC 1458). While the injury claimant was turning left at an intersection the other driver attempted to pass on the left striking the driver’s side of the claimant’s car. The personal injury claimant was 37 when she was…
The injury claimant was 12 years old when he fell out of the back of a open bed of the truck near Chase, B.C. (Vedan v. Stevens, 2011 BCCA 386). Several children were allowed to ride in the open bed of a truck, rather than in the cab where they would have had seats and seat…
The Statutory powers of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, ICBC, are concurrent with an obligation that it pay innocent injury claimants if they are injured by uninjured drivers or driver’s that breach their insurance, such as drinking and driving in a car crash. In this uninsured ICBC personal injury case (Shapiro v. Dailey, 2011 BCCA…
ICBC lawyer’s assertion that there is an expanded test of reasonableness was rejected by the Court of Appeal in this successful Hit and Run injury claim case(Nicholls v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2011 BCCA 422). Read my review of the original ICBC hit and run case. The injury claimant started a personal injury lawsuit for injuries…
In this tragic motorcycle injury case (Hale v. MacEwen,2011 BCSC 1404) the injury claimant was found to be totally at fault for his significant physical injuries. This lawsuit arose from a collision between a motorcycle and a cube van which occurred in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. The injury claimant and his passenger suffered personal injuries as a result…
In this ICBC car accident medical exam denied case (De Sousa v. Bradaric, 2011 BCSC 1400) ICBC was refused an order requiring the injury claimant to attend a second medical examination. The court reaffirmed the circumstances under which a second medical examination may be ordered. These considerations were paraphrased in an injury case from a car accident…
In this car and bicycle injury ICBC case (Kooner v. Singh, 2011 BCSC 1384) the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia wanted the injury claimant to have their personal injury case heard in Small Claims Court. The lawsuit involved a personal injury that occurred at or near the intersection of 96th Avenue and 128th Street in Surrey,…
This ICBC medical examination case (Assalone v. Le,2011 BCSC 1348)arises as a result of injuries the claimant suffered in a two car accidents filed in Vancouver and fault was admitted. The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia sought an order that the injury claimant attend an ICBC medical examination to be conducted by Dr. Andrew Hepburn. ICBC had already sent the claimant to…
I have provided legal assistance to injury claimants since 1992 and I have been a personal injury lawyer in Vancouver since 1995. When you are involved in a car crash involving an ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) claim it is best to have a legal advocate that does not work for ICBC before you call…