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...
Either party in a personal injury case can ask that the trial be heard by a jury. If one party files a jury notice and the other party does not want the matter to be heard by a jury, the...