When someone’s symptoms seriously spiral years after the collision, who is responsible for their losses? In today’s case, the 19 year old plaintiff was seriously injured in a 2010 crash (Turner v Dionne 2017 BCSC 1905). The many experts in
Read More →If I am a “changed person” after the collision, but did not lose consciousness, will the judge be satisfied that the changes in my personality were caused by a brain injury? What if I was born prematurely and susceptible to
Read More →If I rely on my physique to build my personal training business, will my loss of physique result in compensation for income loss? What if my business was new, and I had pre-existing injuries? The case of Kingston v. Warden 2017 BCSC
Read More →I clearly remember that my symptoms started with the collision – but my doctor didn’t make any notes about it until much later. Will the court believe me? In a decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia released this
Read More →ICBC is saying that I had preexisting shoulder injuries based on one notation of shoulder pain in a pre crash visit to a massage therapist. I was having treatment for back pain at the time and don’t even remember mentioning
Read More →If I slip and fall in a store, will the store be liable? What if I conclude that the floor was wet and caused my fall, but there are other explanations for why I fell? On January 23, 2017, the
Read More →What if I was really quite injured before I even got in a car crash? I seem to be accident-prone – can I still be compensated for my injuries from when I was rear-ended? What if I keep having new
Read More →If I have a stroke right after a minor collision, will ICBC say the events are totally unrelated? What if I was totally healthy before the collision and then had headaches leading up to the stroke? In the recent case
Read More →If I have pre-existing conditions that become symptomatic due to my crash injuries, am I entitled to damages? How does a court decide what to attribute to the crash? In a decision released on September 20, 2016 (Chappell v. Loyie
Read More →I feel like my crash injuries have affected every area of my life in a negative way. While I admit to being overwhelmed at times before the crash, I feel like it has been so much worse since. How will
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