Vancouver Personal Injury Lawyers Forced to Attend Court for Judge Hearings

Personal injury lawyers in British Columbia best pay attention as you are now  required  by the rules of court to attend a Trial Management Conference( TMC) in Supreme Court if you plan to go to court. This amazingly also applies to litigants with no legal representation.  Judges have to attend the TMC and can make sweeping…

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Car Accident Whiplash Injury Claimant Wins in Minimal Damage Claim

The injury claimant was a front seat passenger in her father’s Honda Civic in this whiplash injury claim(Chamberlin v. Profeit).  She was on Ospica Drive, in the City of Prince George, when her vehicle collided with another vehicle and that driver admitted being at fault. The judge found that the other driver caused the car accident when she…

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ICBC Forced to Pay for Injuries Caused by a Negligent Hit and Run Driver

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…

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Personal Injury Case Statute Barred as a Worker/Worker Claim

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…

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Personal Injury lawyer in Vernon BC Wins Double Costs

In this personal injury claim in Vernon British Columbia (Vedan v. Stevens)  the applicant brought into the negligence lawsuit says that the defendant conducted himself in a manner which was deserving of reproof or rebuke. They say that the defendant “egregiously commenced and continued prosecuting the third party claims to trial…without ever having any significant factual foundation…

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Pedestrain Struck by Tractor Trailer Entitled to ICBC Policy Limits not Manitiba Limits

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…

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ICBC Awarded Costs After Nanaimo Injury Claim Found to be a Worker’s Compensation Claim

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…

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Find a Vancouver Personal Injury Lawyer in British Columbia for My ICBC Claim

I have been a personal injury lawyer in Vancouver since 1995 and have dealt with personal injury claims as far back as 1992,  which gives me a unique perspective on the question of  finding a personal injury lawyer.  I have fielded calls in Vancouver over the years from personal injury claimants and I have learned that…

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Top Court Shocks Personal Injury Lawyers in Best Evidence Car Accident Case- The New Reliable Hearsay Test

The best personal injury lawyers know that admissible evidence in a civil trial is the first step, and cornerstone,  in proving any personal injury claim.  The British Columbia personal injury lawyers and Court of  Appeal in this injury case (Mazur v. Lucas) focused on the important question of whether a medical expert can rely on hearsay evidence, unproven…

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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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