In Gupta v. Doe, 2015 BCSC 608, the Plaintiff asked the trial judge to make significant awards for pain and suffering, past wage loss, and loss of future earning capacity following three motor vehicle collisions. However, in his reasons for judgment...
If you suffer injuries in a motor vehicle accident that affect your ability to clean your home, you may receive compensation for that. In the case of Thomasson v. Moeller, 2014 BCSC 2465, our client was a very active young woman...
Many people who are injured in motor vehicle accidents return to work shortly after the accident and continue working even though they are in pain. ICBC may claim that since they are working they must not be injured but the...
In 2007, our firm took a personal injury case called Adamson v. Charity, 2007 BCSC 671, to trial. Our client, Mr. Adamson, was a highly talented finishing carpenter who worked on and co-managed his family’s rental investment properties. Since he...
If you have a pre-existing condition before your accident, how does that affect your personal injury case? While each case is fact specific, Gulati v. Chan, 2015 BCSC 431, is an example. In that case, the Plaintiff had arthritis before the...
If you have been injured in a car accident and as a result of your injuries you will experience wage loss in the future (post-trial), you are entitled to an award for future loss of earning capacity. Two commonly used...
During the course of a lawsuit, ICBC will often engage in a fishing expedition to obtain records that could potentially hurt your case, including records from an employer or treatment provider, without having first established that the records could be...
The majority of personal injury lawsuits settle. During settlement negotiations, ICBC will often deliver a formal offer to the settle to the Plaintiff. This formal offer is usually ICBC’s “bottom line” and often contains a clause that the Plaintiff is...
If you are involved in a hit and run accident, it is important to make reasonable efforts to determine the identity of the unknown driver. Failing to do so may result in your case being dismissed. In George v. Doe,...
Luckily, most people come to a law office to clarify what their friends and family have told them about their case. Others, however, take their friend’s advice to heart and proceed with litigation on their own or with the help...