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As a personal injury lawyer in Vancouver I have represented many clients ages 70 and over and I am familiar with some of the unique issues that arise after a car accident in assessing appropriate compensation for the elderly. In this post I’d like to look at a recent falling injury case(Etson v. Loblaw Companies Limited (Real Canadian…
Injury lawyers in British Columbia should know best that when a claim arises from a two car accident collision in BC, and both cars are insured with ICBC, the injury claimant has at least two potential claims payable by ICBC. First is accident benefits which are no fault and help pay for immediate medical expenses and…
In this unusual Vancouver car accident case(Stevanovic v. Petrovic, 2011 BCSC 2) the injury claimant was waiting on the side of the road as his friend approached to pick him up. The claimant saw his friend and his friend saw him but his friend was showing off and struck the claimant with the right front of his…
With the growth of bike lanes in downtown Vancouver personal injury lawyers representing injured pedestrians, cyclist and car accident claimants face new signage, lane design and street markings as excuses for potentially dangerous and deadly accidents. Vancouver wants to be the best City for cyclists in the world and in that regard I believe a personal injury lawyer’s…
In this Vancouver personal injury case(Jackson v. Mongrain)the claimant sought compensation for injuries arising out of a car accident which occurred on the Lougheed Highway in BC. The car in which the injury claimant was a passenger was stopped in the left lane for eastbound traffic waiting for the car ahead of it to complete a turn.…
In this falling injury case(Etson v. Loblaw Companies Limited (Real Canadian Superstore),the injury claimant tripped over the corner of a wooden pallet in Abbotsford Real Canadian Superstore, fell and broke her hip. She required surgery to pin her hip together but within nine months the hardware failed and she had to have two further operations. The injury…
In this personal injury summary trial(Thomson v. Hunt) the injury claimant was seeking compensation for injuries that he sustained in a motor vehicle collision in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The car accident occurred when it was dark and the roads were wet. The other driver was southbound at the intersection of Dawes Hill Road and Monashee Court in Coquitlam, when…
Being a personal injury lawyer in Vancouver British Columbia settling injury claims since 1995 I have dealt with cases in which the injury claimant has suffered a brain and spinal cord injury in a car accident and ICBC claims that the ongoing disability is due to the negligence of the surgeon and not the at…
This accident injury claimant was a 27-year old recent graduate from Simon Fraser University when he was involved in the car accident(Lee v. Jarvie) which is the topic of my post. In the weeks prior to the accident the claimant was in the midst of applying to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”). He had…
The injury claimant in this Insurance Corporation of British Columbia hit and run case(Dickson v. Insurance Corporation of Canada, 2010 BCSC 1834) was in a car accident with a person that fled the scene. The claimant injury lawyer was able to prove the fleeing driver was 50% at fault for the accident and the Insurance Corporation of British…
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