Many ICBC injury claimants have been denied disability benefits on the grounds that their injuries are not totally disabling. Often an injury claimant is physically able to do a task or job but is advised by a medical doctor not to engage in the activity.
Sometimes an injury claimant may be required by law to attend these medical exams if they are an insured with ICBC and are making a claim. The examination are often called “independent’ but many car accident lawyers would disagree. In
Personal injury lawyers hired to represent car accident injury claimants in British Columbia will have the majority of their injury cases defended by ICBC. This is because all drivers in British Columbia are required to get third party liability coverage from ICBC. So in a typical car accident case in which your are rear-ended and not…
Surerus v. Leroux, ICBC Admission of Fault Case This personal injury claim arises as a result of a motor vehicle accident which occurred in Vernon, British Columbia. Three weeks after the claimant filed the lawsuit the ICBC adjuster for the injury claim instructed her lawyer to admit fault. The adjuster gave evidence that she gave those instructions without having turned her…
Moore v. Brown, motorcycle accident case In this personal injury case an experienced personal injury lawyer in Victoria, British Columbia won an appeal of his client’s loss of profits claim. The injury claimant, a geologist with a geological engineering company in Victoria, B.C., was riding his motorcycle when he collided with another vehicle . The claimant…
Jordan v. Schatz, personal injury law firm Finding the best personal injury law firm in Vancouver does not matter if British Columbia has no jurisdiction over the injury claim. In this recently considered personal injury case a resident of British Columbia, was involved in a motor vehicle accident in Alberta by a resident of Saskatchewan. The…
Cue v. Breitkreuz, 2010 BCSC 1323 In this “He said she said” personal injury case the motor vehicle accident injury claim was dismissed by the judge but the judge refused to award ICBC the costs of defending the claim. The injury claimant said the car accident occurred while he was stopped, waiting to make a left turn. The other…
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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…
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…