Injury Claimant Not Required to Answer More Questions under Oath for ICBC Lawyers

In this car accident injury ( Lewis v. Lewis, 2010 BCSC 1925) the personal injury lawyers representing the claimant allege various injuries the most serious of which relates to an injury to her right shoulder.  The court was told that she suffers from a hemiparethesisof her left side, making even more important the use of her right…

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Car Accident Claimant Sues ICBC For Hit and Run- Fleeing Driver at Fault but ICBC Claim Dismissed

In this three vehicle  ICBC hit and run accident case ( Lort v. Kwan, 2011 BCSC 86) the injury claimant was asking for compensation for personal injuries suffered in an accident that occurred on West Broadway Street between Ash Street and Cambie Street in Vancouver. The claimant was driving his Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on West…

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Personal Injury lawyer Proves Accident Caused the Injured Pedestrian to Abuse Alcohol

In this pedestrain injury case( Zawadzki v. Calimos, 2011 BCSC 45) the claimant was hit by a U-Haul truck while  he was walking north on 20th Street in New Westminster, British Columbia . the driver denied being at fault throughout the trial. At the beginning of closing submissions, liability was admitted but the driver tried to argue that the…

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Unusual Pedestrian Car Accident as Injury Claimant Hit by Friend

In this unusual Vancouver car accident case(Stevanovic v. Petrovic, 2011 BCSC 2) the injury claimant was waiting on the side of the road as his friend approached to pick him up.  The claimant saw his friend and his friend saw him but his friend was showing off and struck the claimant with the right front of his…

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ICBC Statement in Car Accident Personal Injury Case not Fatal-Top Dollar for Minor Injury

In this personal injury summary trial(Thomson v. Hunt) the injury claimant was seeking compensation for injuries that he sustained in a motor vehicle collision in Coquitlam, British Columbia.  The car accident occurred when it was dark and the roads were wet. The other driver was southbound at the intersection of Dawes Hill Road and Monashee Court in Coquitlam, when…

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Car Accident Award for Personal Injuries Accounts for the Claimant’s ability to become a Police Officer

This accident injury claimant was  a 27-year old recent graduate from Simon Fraser University when he was involved in the car accident(Lee v. Jarvie) which is the topic of my post. In the weeks prior to the accident the claimant was in the midst of applying to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”). He had…

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Car Accident Lawyer Wins North Vancouver Injury Claim Despite Minor Nature of the Accident

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…

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Car Accident Injury Lawyers Can Obtain Compensation For Nervous Shock

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…

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Truck Accident Injury Award Reduced By Judge Despite Lawyer Funded Physiotherapy

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…

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Car Accident Injury Claimant Forced to Disclose Medical and Business Records

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

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