Covid-19 and income loss claims
April 14, 2020 10:27 am Comments Off on Covid-19 and income loss claimsWhat happens to their income loss during the layoff? Will ICBC still have to pay 50% of their full time income over that period of time?
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Covid-19 and your ICBC claim
April 6, 2020 8:48 am Comments Off on Covid-19 and your ICBC claimWhat if your doctor has referred you to physiotherapy, massage and chiropractic care, but COVID-19 has shut down all those caregivers!
Can Covid-19 impact a personal injury claim?
March 30, 2020 8:45 am 4 CommentsHow is your personal injury claim impacted if something totally unrelated to the crash, i.e. a pandemic, causes a worse outcome? Will you be compensated for that? Will a COVID-19 care delay or interruption allow ICBC to slither out of fairly compensating you?
Why thorough care is important to avoid ICBC unfairness: Part 3
March 23, 2020 9:07 am Comments Off on Why thorough care is important to avoid ICBC unfairness: Part 3Help your recovery and avoid handing ICBC a mental health care “magic pill” by being vigilant about your mental health and following through with whatever care is prescribed.
Why thorough care is important to avoid ICBC unfairness: Part 2
March 16, 2020 9:41 am Comments Off on Why thorough care is important to avoid ICBC unfairness: Part 2Maximizing your recovery is not only best for your health, it’s critical for achieving justice in an ICBC claim.
Why thorough care is important to avoid ICBC unfairness: Part 1
March 9, 2020 9:54 am Comments Off on Why thorough care is important to avoid ICBC unfairness: Part 1ICBC will wait until the end of the process to hire their own medical specialist to go through your care with a fine toothed comb. They look for anything you might not have fully followed through with, or for some new idea your medical team hasn’t come up with that will miraculously cure you (a “magic pill”).
When your “minor” injury isn’t so minor
March 2, 2020 10:40 am Comments Off on When your “minor” injury isn’t so minorThe government has pulled the wool over our eyes by announcing a “minor injury cap” that includes moderate to severe injuries.
Distracted driving laws increased cell phone use
February 24, 2020 10:11 am Comments Off on Distracted driving laws increased cell phone useReader comments compelled me to write a follow-up to my column about the idiocy of our distracted driving laws. There... View Article
Hands-free or hand-held, there’s no difference.
February 18, 2020 1:00 pm Comments Off on Hands-free or hand-held, there’s no difference.The ignored the results of their own research that other governments presumably had not done their due diligence to canvass. They followed in the footsteps of other governments and banned only hand-held cell phone use while driving.
Can you be criminally charged for protecting your possessions?
February 10, 2020 8:36 am Comments Off on Can you be criminally charged for protecting your possessions?if you do get “lucky” enough to catch a thief in the act, do the Criminal Code provisions under headings of “Defence of Person” and “Defence of Property” allow you to open up a can of whoop-ass?
Citizens arrest; can it be used to excuse assaulting a would-be thief?
February 3, 2020 10:22 am Comments Off on Citizens arrest; can it be used to excuse assaulting a would-be thief?But citizen’s arrest provisions are restricted for good reason. Physical confrontations, particularly between criminals and those without police training, are recipes for disaster.
What the law says about protecting our homes, possessions and loved ones
January 28, 2020 9:33 am Comments Off on What the law says about protecting our homes, possessions and loved onesI will start with a scenario where you see someone walking up the driveways on your street, pulling on vehicle door handles; If you’re like me, you want to chase them down, grab them by the scruff of the neck and give them such a fright that they never come down your street again. But we would be committing a criminal offence