If someone drifts onto a soft shoulder and loses control of the vehicle, are they at fault? What is the standard of care? Is losing control on a gravelly shoulder a “true accident” in which no one can be blamed?
Read More →Who’s at fault when someone turns left without keeping a lookout, and someone else runs a red light? In this week’s case, Justice Crawford was asked to opine on liability in a collision where the plaintiff, turning left in a
Read More →Can ICBC elect to have a jury decide my case? What if my injuries happen when I am drunk and riding in the back of a pickup truck? What if the jury may be more critical of me than a
Read More →Does a dealership have a responsibility to make sure vehicles on the lot aren’t stolen? How does the court apportion liability when any number of people could be at fault? In one of the wildest liability cases before the BC
Read More →I think I remember my collision accurately, and I think I can piece together what happened – how important is it to be totally honest and clear? Do those little details really matter? In a case released by the British
Read More →Do teenagers have the same responsibilities as adults when riding as passengers in cars? What about a 17 year old who takes a ride in a friend’s mom’s car – but when the car is driven by an entirely different
Read More →Will the other driver be found at all liable if I pass them on the left as they’re turning left? What if I give evidence that they didn’t signal, and I didn’t know where they were going? This week, the
Read More →I’m a server at a bar – am I actually responsible for the safety of all the drunk people that walk out the door? How am I supposed to control how they get home? In a decision released this week,
Read More →I have commenced a claim for a motor vehicle collision that was not my fault. Before that claim resolved, I was involved in a second motor vehicle collision that was my fault. Will the second collision impact the ongoing claim
Read More →Do I have to wait for oncoming traffic to completely stop before turning? Can I assume they’ll stop if I see them slowing down? Shouldn’t they expect someone like me to be executing a left turn across their path on
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