ICBC Statement Causes Lawsuit in Agony of Collision Case

British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, In a Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents

  This personal injury case involved in a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 97 North near Summit Lake, BC. when the claimant hit into a parked vehicle that had lost control earlier(Hart v. Jacobsen, 2014 BCSC 704 ). Despite the ice and snow the claimant told the ICBC adjuster he was driving at 80 to…

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Pedestrian in Crosswalk found 20% at Fault for her Brian Injury

British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, Head Injury, How Much Money Will I Get?, In a Car Accident, Personal Injury Appeals, Traumatic Brain Injury

In this crosswalk personal injury occurring in Port Coquitlam (Paskall v. Scheithauer,2014 BCCA 26) the jury found a pedestrian twenty percent fault for her fractured her skull and traumatic brain injury after attempting to cross at a  marked crosswalk. The verdict was upheld by the BC Court of Appeal despite the appellants plea that she was lawfully within a…

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