The Plaintiff in the case of Kim v. Lin, 2016 BCSC 2405, brought a claim for damages for injuries she suffered in a motor vehicle accident. The Defendants admitted liability for the accident but disputed that some of her present difficulties...
When a person is seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident, the cost of caring for them in the future is an important part of their personal injury claim. For example, in the case of Warick v. Diwell, 2017 BCSC 68,...
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In the case of Lally v. He, 2016 BCSC 2187, the Plaintiff was injured when her vehicle was rear-ended by the Defendant. Liability was admitted but the defence disputed the amount of damages the Plaintiff was claiming. The defence submitted that...
The main issue in the case of Kweon v. Roy, 2016 BCSC 2305, was whether an RCMP officer was partly responsible for causing an accident by initiating a high speed pursuit of the Defendant’s vehicle in dangerous circumstances. The Plaintiff, Ms....
The case of Khudabux v. McClary, 2016 BCSC 1886, is a reminder for drivers to ensure that vehicles are in a safe location before seeking to exchange information with the other drivers involved in the collision. In this case the issue...
Typically, medical negligence claims involving cancer allege a failure to diagnose the cancer in a timely manner. However, the converse may also occur. In Kooijman v. Bradshaw, 2016 BCSC 2316, the Plaintiff alleged the Defendant pathologists wrongly diagnosed her with thyroid...
The Rules of Court contain incentives to encourage parties to settle cases out of court. If a Plaintiff makes an offer to a Defendant in order to settle a case and that offer is rejected, the matter will proceed to...
If you are already disabled and subsequently injured in a motor vehicle accident, how does this affect your personal injury settlement?The BC Supreme Court had to deal with this issue in the case of Ramchuk v. Wagar, 2016 BCSC 2342. The...
In the case of Beaton v. Perkes, 2016 BCSC 2276, the Plaintiff’s vehicle was rear-ended when she was stopped at a red light. Liability was admitted by the Defendants.The case was relatively straightforward because the medical experts and legal counsel were...