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 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…
In this relatively minor personal injury case (Hunter v. Yuan) the claimant, represented by a car accident lawyer, was injured in an accident at the intersection of Berwicke Street and 3rd in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The injury claimant was waiting in line to turn left at the intersection and the light changed from green to…
Personal injury lawyers in Burnaby, Richmond and Vancouver all face the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, ICBC, which is a Province wide insurance company when it comes to most car accident injury claims in British Columbia. The legal power of ICBC is equal in each part of British Columbia and the laws controlling ICBC are also Province wide.…
In one of the best examples of remote nervous shock is the case of a Vancouver mother injured in a car accident near Golden, British Columbia while on her way to Banff on a holiday trip with her family and friends. She was in the right rear seat, and her daughter, aged nine, was in the centre of…
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…