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January 20, 2014- As a personal injury lawyer I have always accepted ICBC injury cases in which I get paid at the end of the case on a percentage. In fact, most injured claimants cannot afford to pay a lawyer up front and by the hour. I am a personal injury lawyer representing injury claimants for…
Houston v. Kine, 2010 BCSC 1289 This is an injury claim from a motor vehicle accident at Clarke Road and Glenayre Drive in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Fault was s admitted by ICBC on behalf of the defendants. The injury claimant was asking for compensation for pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life; loss of opportunity to earn…
Weiss v. Koenig, 2010 BCSC 1292 In this motor vehicle injury case the office of the personal injury lawyer representing the injury claimant missed a time limit to respond to ICBC’s request to admit certain facts. The injury claimant says he suffered various injuries including bilateral impairment of his hearing . The injury claimant’s lawyer received a letter…
Rizzolo v. Brett, 2010 BCCA 398 This was an appeal by ICBC representing the at fault driver of a $562,103.30 court award due to a fractured tibia and fibula resulting in chronic pain from a motorcycle accident. The injury case being appealed is indexed at 2009 BCSC 732. One of the arguments that was rejected by…
Wright v. Brauer, 2010 BCSC 1282 This court application was made to force the injury claimant to attend a medical examination set up by ICBC representing the drivers in a motor vehicle accident case. This request was made only two months and one week before the scheduled trial. The personal injury lawyer representing the injury claimant gave ICBC two medicolegal reports. …
Jordan v. Schatz, 2000 BCCA 409 This relevant injury case involves a resident of British Columbia injured in a motor vehicle accident in Alberta. The other driver , a resident of Saskatchewan, rear-ended the vehicle driven by the injury claimant. He was insured with Saskatchewan Government Insurance (“SGI”). The personal injury lawyers needed help from the court…
September 11, 2010- This tragic anniversary gives us pause to reflect on how important it is to protect human life. As a personal injury lawyer on the side of injury victims I have heard some of the most callous and heartless comments about injury claimants. Often overlooked are the survivors, left with permanent psychological trauma.…
In this ICBC personal injury lawsuit the injury victim claims due to a motor vehicle accident when his vehicle was rear ended (Neumann v. Eskoy, 2010 BCSC 1275). Fault for the accident was admitted by ICBC on behalf of the other driver. I was unable to determine the force of the impact as the decision of the judge did not address this…
Van Den Hemel v. Kugathasan,2010 BCSC 1264 September 9, 2010- The injury claimant in this case was a passenger involved in two car accidents in Richmond, British Columbia. ICBC admitted fault on behalf of the other drivers. Judge Stewart made his decision within two weeks of hearing the case which appears to be a welcome change consistent…
September 8, 2010- In this unchallenged brain injury claim The 22 year old ICBC injury claimant suffered a brain injury 8 months before the car accident in which he claimed to have been injured. The first accident was clearly more severe than the second. But the trial judge accepted the evidence that the brain damage would not have…