Victoria plaintiffs part of national lawsuit against Canadian Armed Forces
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In Riley v. Ritsco, 2017 BCSC 925, the Court considered liability between a left-turning vehicle and a straight-through driver. Ms. Tones and her passenger, the Plaintiff Riley, were travelling straight through an intersection on the Lougheed Highway at 216th Street. Ms. Tones...
A classic defense argument in personal injury cases is the “crumbling skull” argument. Essentially, ICBC argues that the Plaintiff had a pre-existing condition that they would have experienced regardless of whether or not the collision occurred. If ICBC can prove...
The mere fact that a passenger slips and falls while riding on a transit bus does not establish a prima facie case of negligence. The Plaintiff has to prove the bus driver breached the standard of care expected of a...
PR Newswire Sep. 7, 2017, 06:28 PMTORONTO, Sept. 7, 2017 /CNW/ - Plaintiffs in five separate class actions have agreed to work together to take Canada to court seeking policy changes and redress for systemic sexual assault, harassment, and discrimination in the Canadian Armed Forces....
Normally your car insurance company will defend you if you cause a car accident, and they will pay any settlement reached or judgement awarded against you. However, if you are in breach of a policy condition of your insurance at...
You may have heard of injured parties in the United States being awarded millions of dollars for injuries sustained in a car accident. Don’t expect to receive large amounts like that from our Canadian courts because we have a limit...
In Wilhelmson v. Dumma, 2017 BCSC 616, the Court considered damages for a young female Plaintiff. She was the sole survivor of a horrendous, high-speed, head-on collision that killed three other people, including her boyfriend. An air ambulance transported her...
In the case of Wilhelmson v. Dumma, 2017 BCSC 616, the Plaintiff was the sole survivor of a horrendous, high-speed collision that killed three other people, including her boyfriend. She had to be resuscitated at the scene and was airlifted...
Sometimes Plaintiffs decide not to hire a lawyer and instead represent themselves in their personal injury cases. In the case of Jurisevic v. Rideout, 2013 BCSC 823, the Plaintiff had been in 12 road accidents between 1996 and 2012. In the...