What happens to your injury claim if Covid-19 takes your life
And it dies with the injured victim, even if they had already endured years of “pain and suffering” before passing away.
Read More →Long term injuries and your relationships
Long term effects of injuries can change a person. Those changes can cause an end to a family relationship and reduce the likelihood of entering into another.
Read More →The assumptions surrounding small vehicle damage and injuries.
The reality is that for typical car crash injuries, it takes time for injured tissues to become inflamed.
Read More →A pre-existing vulnerability is not a “get out of jail free card” for ICBC
Don’t let ICBC tell you, or anyone you care about, that your injuries “should have resolved by now” had it not been for your pre-existing vulnerabilities, and that they are not responsible for the ongoing aftermath of their insured’s negligence.
Read More →Get off the dance floor: Why you should skip ICBC’s song and dance routine and focus on your recovery
If you were the innocent victim of another driver’s negligence, ICBC will have to reimburse every dollar of reasonably incurred expense as part of your claim even if you leave them alone on the dance floor and don’t provide them
Read More →Surprising soft-tissue injury provocateur
Soft-tissue injury clueless ignorance alert! One of my little joys as a columnist is the delicious opportunity to publically expose ignorance. Don’t we all yearn to have been that keener whose hand shot up, aching to enlighten a clueless classroom
Read More →Statistically low injuries still happen
With air bags and seatbelts holding our bodies from striking steering wheels and dashboards during car crashes, fractured bones are rare except in the most dramatic of crashes. The vast majority of injuries are to the ligaments, muscles and other
Read More →Journalists, do your research!
I’ve got my hands taped, gloves on, and I’m circling the ring. Up until now I’ve been standing on a soapbox, my words going “out there” without any indication that my swings have been meeting anything of a target. Thanks
Read More →Soft-tissue injuries can often be the worst kind
Does an injury require broken bones to be considered serious? According to the way most people talk, including some insurance adjusters, you might think so. And the media encourage such misperceptions. Listen to, watch or read about car crashes and
Read More →Mud, sweat and “serious” injuries
It was the bright and eager idea of a triathlete in my office to put together a team for last weekend’s muddy, gruelling, obstacle course event at Crystal Mountain. I have a hard time saying “no” at the best of
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