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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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.
Choosing your best personal injury lawyer however is much more than just getting some free legal advice. In this article I will focus on the lawyer’s experience and understanding of the type of injury suffered by the injury claimant as one factor in choosing a personal injury lawyer.
ICBC was found by Judge Voith to require what seems to be a battery of three medical experts to put themselves on equal footing to respond to this injury claim. The judge did not consider whether there existed exceptional circumstances.
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
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…