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Personal injury lawyers in British Columbia best pay attention as you are now required by the rules of court to attend a Trial Management Conference( TMC) in Supreme Court if you plan to go to court. This amazingly also applies to litigants with no legal representation. Judges have to attend the TMC and can make sweeping…
The injury claimant was a front seat passenger in her father’s Honda Civic in this whiplash injury claim(Chamberlin v. Profeit). She was on Ospica Drive, in the City of Prince George, when her vehicle collided with another vehicle and that driver admitted being at fault. The judge found that the other driver caused the car accident when she…
The claimant was injured in this hit and run truck accident (Jennings v. Doe) when his Toyota pick-up truck was forced off the Trans-Canada Highway and struck a hydro pole in the adjacent ditch. The claimant said the accident was caused by the negligence of the unidentified driver of a tractor-trailer unit which crossed into his lane…
In this Personal Injury Claim in Nanaimo(Milkovich v. Bucan) the Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal ( WCAT)found that both drivers were working at the time of the accident and therefore the court dismissed the injury claim. The injury claimant’s case against ICBCwas also dismissed earlier and the claimant was required to pay about $1,800.00 in costs…
The Vancouver area in British Columbia is where to find most lawyers in the Province, and has some of the top legal resources for your personal injury lawyer. When finding a personal injury lawyer it is important to understand that unless otherwise authorized by the Legal Profession Act, the Rules, or the Law Society of…
In this personal injury claim in Vernon British Columbia (Vedan v. Stevens) the applicant brought into the negligence lawsuit says that the defendant conducted himself in a manner which was deserving of reproof or rebuke. They say that the defendant “egregiously commenced and continued prosecuting the third party claims to trial…without ever having any significant factual foundation…
In this ICBC pedestrian accident case(Schuk v. York Fire & Casualty Insurance Company) the injury claimant was struck by a highway tractor trailer on Highway 16 near Valemont, B.C. and filed a Vancouver personal injury lawsuit. The tractor trailer was licensed in Manitoba and the pedestrian injury claimant had a B.C. driver’s license. The court earlier concluded that the…
This ICBC injury claim (Milkovich v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) arises from a single vehicle motor vehicle accident in which the claimant was a passenger . The injury claimant , who is now 63 years of age, apparently suffered a brain injury in the car accident and the lawsuit was filed in the Nanaimo, British Columbia…
In this British Columbia insurance claim (Kendall v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada) the claimant was suing the insurance company, Sun Life, for denying her claim for disability insurance benefits. She claimed for her benefits denied by Sun Life, as well as for mental distress and punitive damages. The personal injury claimant says that Sun Life acted in bad faith…
I have been a personal injury lawyer in Vancouver since 1995 and have dealt with personal injury claims as far back as 1992, which gives me a unique perspective on the question of finding a personal injury lawyer. I have fielded calls in Vancouver over the years from personal injury claimants and I have learned that…