When a party is involved in more than one motor vehicle accident, the question to be determined is whether and to what extent each of the accidents caused or contributed to the pain suffered by the injured party.In the case...
If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident and you don’t do everything you can to mitigate your losses, ICBC may try to argue that your damages should be reduced as a result.In Biefeld v. Neetz, 2016 BCSC 689, the...
What are some of the issues a Court looks at when the motor vehicle accident is caused by a novice driver? The case of Nahal v. Ram, 2016 BCSC 39, involved a novice driver involved in a single vehicle accident.The Plaintiff...
No-one’s life is perfect, but some people do have more difficulties in their lives than others. Even if a person’s life is complicated before their accident, those difficulties may not prevent them from making a successful personal injury claim.In Birkich...
When a person slips and falls, it’s not unusual to want to place the blame on the owner or occupier of the premises where you slipped. Whether or not an owner/occupier will be responsible for your injury depends on whether...
We cannot stress enough how helpful friends and family can be to your personal injury case. If their testimony corroborates yours, it can have a significant impact on the outcome of your case.In Olson v. Yelland, 2016 BCSC 216, the Plaintiff...
In the case of Shongu v. Jing, 2016 BCSC 901, the Plaintiff, Mr. Shongu, was injured in a motor vehicle accident which caused his prior post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to resurface, leaving him severely disabled.By all accounts the Plaintiff had had...
The recent decision of Schoenhalz v. ICBC, 2016 BCSC 661, considered the issue of whether the Plaintiff, who was a passenger in a vehicle, knew or ought to have known that the driver did not have the vehicle owner’s permission to...
The recent decision of Mather v. MacDonald, 2016 BCSC 948, is an example of the difficulties that can arise when individuals represent themselves at personal injury trials. In this case, the Plaintiff’s lack of familiarity with the process meant that his...
In Symons v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2016 BCCA 207, the Court of Appeal upheld the judge’s interpretation of the legislation governing ICBC disability benefits. ICBC disability benefits provide partial wage replacement to those unable to work following a collision. ...