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No ICBC claimant in British Columbia needs talk to ICBC without first talking to a personal injury lawyer. In my personal injury law firm you will not have to pay our injury lawyers for the initial telephone consultation and you can ask for a free face-to-face legal consultation. The first step in making and ICBC claim is…
March 12, 2012- This injury case was overturned by the BC Court of appeal and is no longer good law. See my personal injury article reviewing the Court of Appeal decision. In this Surrey personal injury lawsuit(Wahl v. Sidhu) the injury claimant was driving his employer’s 1988 Ford Pickup Truck which was loaded with two large tires…
In this ICBC settlement injury case ( Jayetileke v. Blake) the ICBC injury claimant was the victim of a rear end collision. In addition to soft tissue injuries, she began to suffer from vertigo. ICBC admitted fault for the car accident and the trial was restricted to the assessment of the claimant’ s losses. The injury claimant was awarded…
December 3, 2012- Insurance Corporation of British Columbia ( ICBC) injury claim benefits after car accidents must be paid to British Columbians that are insured by ICBC. Loss of income due to a vehicle injury can entitle you to disability benefits from ICBC regardless of whether you are at fault for the car accident or employed at the time…
As a personal injury lawyer in British Columbia I have been asked many times from injury claimants whether it’s worth it to hire a lawyer for their injury claim. Most of these claimants are fighting with ICBC or another insurance company due to a car accident, slip and fall or other injury and believe they…
This claim for emotional distress (Signorello v. Khan)began when the claimant drove his Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Convertible, worth $210,094.36, to Vancouver Airport to leave on a business trip. As the court stated, “the car was in pristine condition with 21,000 km on the odometer when he turned it over to Gateway Valet Service, operated by…Imperial Parking Canada…
Personal injury lawyers representing bus driver’s injured in car accidents resulting in chronic illnesses celebrated a victory in this Court of Appeal case (Coast Mountain Bus Company Ltd. v. National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers of Canada (CAW-Canada), Local 111).
If have been injured in a car accident in British Columbia and you are reading this post you have already found a personal injury law firm! At best, most personal injury claimants have never had the need to hire a lawyer and often have little understanding about how to hire a lawyer. I have discussed…
The initial step is for the applicant to satisfy the court that the application is not in the nature of a fishing expedition, and that document in question contains information which may relate to a matter in issue. As explained in the oft‑cited Compagnie Financiere et Commerciale du Pacifique v. Peruvian Guano Co. (1882), 11 Q.B.D. 55 (C.A.), a document relating to a matter in issue is one which directly or indirectly may enable the party to advance his own case or destroy that of his adversary or which may fairly lead him to a train of inquiry or disclose evidence which may have either of these consequences
The Judge found that chiropractors memories of the treatments that they provided over 13 years ago have faded and they have been prejudiced by the claimant’s delay in diligently pursuing her litigation. The Judge therefore ordered that the lawsuit be dismissed for want of prosecution with court costs awarded to the chiropractors.
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