In this falling injury case(Etson v. Loblaw Companies Limited (Real Canadian Superstore),the injury claimant tripped over the corner of a wooden pallet in Abbotsford Real Canadian Superstore, fell and broke her hip. She required surgery to pin her hip together but within nine months the hardware failed and she had to have two further operations. The 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…
Being a personal injury lawyer in Vancouver British Columbia settling injury claims since 1995 I have dealt with cases in which the injury claimant has suffered a brain and spinal cord injury in a car accident and ICBC claims that the ongoing disability is due to the negligence of the surgeon and not the at…
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…
The injury claimant in this Insurance Corporation of British Columbia hit and run case(Dickson v. Insurance Corporation of Canada, 2010 BCSC 1834) was in a car accident with a person that fled the scene. The claimant injury lawyer was able to prove the fleeing driver was 50% at fault for the accident and the Insurance Corporation of British…
In this puzzling ICBC top appeal on an award for income loss (Laxdal v. Robbins, BCCA) the injury claimant was involved in a four car motor vehicle accident on Bowen Road near the intersection of Pryde Avenue in Nanaimo, B.C. Fault for the accident was admitted but at issue was whether the claimant suffered any injuries in the accident and, if so,…
Three Judges of our top court ordered a new trial after a personal injury jury awarded an injury claimant $1,000 for out-of-pocket expenses and nothing for pain and suffering(Banks v. Shrigley) nor cost of future care.The Honourable Mr. Justice Mackenzie stated: “It is illogical to conclude that a plaintiff was injured and suffered out of pocket expenses but did…
The best accident lawyers in British Columbia need to be aware of the top civil rules of court. This court application was brought by the injury claimant, after firing his lawyer, for an order allowing him to withdraw admissions of fact(Piso v. Thompson) which occurred due to his prior lawyer’s failure to respond to a Notice to Admit delivered by…
This personal injury case(Warkentin v. Riggs) involved a claim for losses due to injuries that the claimant sustained in a motor vehicle accident . The injury claimant was driving west on Old Clayburn Road near the intersection of Old Clayburn Road and Immel Street in Abbotsford. A pickup truck struck the claimant’s vehicle on the passenger side and the force of the…
The injury claimant in this personal injury case had the misfortune of being involved in two motor vehicle accidents (Chalmers v. Russell). In the first accident the claimant was driving on Dollarton Highway. She had stopped at a red traffic light and then once the light turned green, was accelerating forward and passed under an overpass that was leading…