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…
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…
Vershinin v. Hayward, 2010 BCSC 1315 The ICBC injury claimant in this personal injury case was injured in a motor vehicle accident that occurred when he was struck by a vehicle that ran a red light. The other driver, insured by ICBC , admitted fault for the car accident. At issue were the injuries suffered in the accident, the effect…
January 20, 2014- As a personal injury lawyer I have always accepted ICBC injury cases in which I get paid at the end of the case on a percentage. In fact, most injured claimants cannot afford to pay a lawyer up front and by the hour. I am a personal injury lawyer representing injury claimants for…
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…
Weiss v. Koenig, 2010 BCSC 1292 In this motor vehicle injury case the office of the personal injury lawyer representing the injury claimant missed a time limit to respond to ICBC’s request to admit certain facts. The injury claimant says he suffered various injuries including bilateral impairment of his hearing . The injury claimant’s lawyer received a letter…
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…
Wright v. Brauer, 2010 BCSC 1282 This court application was made to force the injury claimant to attend a medical examination set up by ICBC representing the drivers in a motor vehicle accident case. This request was made only two months and one week before the scheduled trial. The personal injury lawyer representing the injury claimant gave ICBC two medicolegal reports. …
Jordan v. Schatz, 2000 BCCA 409 This relevant injury case involves a resident of British Columbia injured in a motor vehicle accident in Alberta. The other driver , a resident of Saskatchewan, rear-ended the vehicle driven by the injury claimant. He was insured with Saskatchewan Government Insurance (“SGI”). The personal injury lawyers needed help from the court…