If during negotiations a partys insurer requests photocopies of documents from the other party, may the latter partys counsel use the Legal Profession Act[1] (the LPA) to pursue payment from the insurer? BACKGROUND...
The plaintiff, Jacob Everett, claims damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident which occurred on September 3, 2009. At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was 40 years of age, unemployed and living on his own in a home in Surrey, B.C. with his mother and step-father. Liability is not in issue....
Mr. Rutter sues for damages arising from a four-vehicle accident that occurred on December 15, 2006. At approximately 11:45 a.m., Mr. Rutter was returning to his home in Coquitlam from work in Langley. He was travelling westbound on the Trans-Canada Highway on the Johnston Hill, approaching the Port Mann Bridge. The traffic was quite heavy....
This action is for damages for injuries the plaintiff Ismail Abdalle received in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on May 8, 2007. His vehicle was struck while proceeding through the intersection of Westminster Highway and Garden City Road in Richmond by the vehicle driven by Constable Claudio Maurizio, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Constable Maurizio was on duty at the time of the collision....
THE COURT: Janice Zawislak suffered injuries in a motor vehicle accident on January 14, 2009. Liability is not in issue and the defendants admit that Ms. Zawislak was injured in the accident. The defendants agree with the past wage loss being claimed; however, they submit that Ms. Zawislak is exaggerating the nature, extent and duration of the injuries she suffered in the motor vehicle accident....
This is a claim for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident which occurred on April 23, 2007, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The plaintiff Serguei Moukhine was driving to work when he was rear-ended as he was stopped waiting to turn left onto Marine Way....
Mr. Madsen was involved in a motor vehicle accident on November 8, 2006 with a vehicle owned by the defendant Mr. OBrian and driven with his consent by the defendant Ms. Bekker....
Following a 14-day trial, Justice Rice, in reasons indexed at 2010 BCSC 1211, awarded the plaintiff damages totalling $433,103.63....
On a rainy Vancouver night in March 2007, the plaintiff Thomas Milburn, while stopped at a traffic light on his motorcycle, was struck from behind by a motor vehicle driven by the defendant, Patrick Ernst....
This is an application by the Municipality of Surrey (Surrey) to dismiss the claims of Mr. Chase for theft, malicious prosecution, harassment, abuse of power (by which I assume he means the tort of abuse of process), and an alleged breach of Mr. Chases section 2(b) Charter rights with respect to his right to freedom of expression....