Should I call ICBC Dial-a-Claim to Report My Car Accident Injury?

Calling a car accident lawyer and calling ICBC dial-a-claim are two different steps so make sure you do both as early as possible. Your lawyer can report your injury to ICBC dial-a-claim for you if you hire the lawyer right away. Most top injury lawyers will agree to talk with you on the phone for a free consult. So, the two good reasons to report to ICBC dial-a-claim immediately are:

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Total Disability Benefits for ICBC Car Accident Injury Claims

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.

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Car Accident Lawyers in British Columbia Spend a lot of Time Suing ICBC

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…

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Motorcycle Accident Injury Claimant Wins at our Top Court on his Loss of Profits Claim

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…

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Personal Injury Lawyer Allowed to Withdraw Admissions Made to ICBC

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…

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Lawyers for Injury Claimant Successfully Fight off ICBC Appeal of $562,000.00 Trial Award

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…

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Help With My Personal Injury Claim for Pain and Suffering in British Columbia

November 29, 2012- ICBC car accident injury cases should always provide money for pain and suffering if the jury finds that the injury claimant cannot work.  Injury claimants without an injury lawyer may be unaware that they have a money claim for pain and suffering.

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ICBC and Court refuses to let Injury Claimant Sever Lawsuit Issues in Her Claim against her Daughter

Cayou v. Cayou,2010 BCSC 1224 September 1, 2010- This ICBC injury claim originates in an intersection car accident in British Columbia .  The injury claimant mother was the front seat passenger  in her own car which was driven by her daughter. The mother was injured in the accident and sued her daughter but the problem was that she let her daughter…

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Motorcylist Injuried but No Contact with the Other Vehicle- Injury Claim Dismissed

Tierney v. GMAC Leaseco Corporation, 2010 BCSC 1179 August 24, 2010- This rather unusual “no car accident” accident involved a personal injury claimant that fell from his motorcycle when attempting to avoid another vehicle. The injury claimant foolishly set out without a helmet.  The injury claimant was driving  a 1983 Yamaha 750 motorcycle and was only…

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ICBC Allowed to Withdraw Their Agreement to Admit Fault

Gibson v. ICBC, 2010 BCSC 1097 August 16, 2010- This is a hit and run  motorcycle accident case that seems to have gone sideways in part because an anonymous tip was given over the “ICBC tip line” after the Judge heard the case. While riding his motorcycle late at night the injury claimant was struck from behind. …

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