Update: Cyclist runs into SUV
September 30, 2011 1:33 pm Comments Off on Update: Cyclist runs into SUVPaul’s August 11, 2011 column Cyclists deserve more respect from motorists criticized a news report depicting that a cyclist was... View Article
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Cyclist Response: Kathleen Slater Editorial
September 30, 2011 12:25 pm Comments Off on Cyclist Response: Kathleen Slater EditorialEditorial by Kathleen Slater: Cyclist offers appreciation for Paul Hergott's defence when he criticized news reports for blaming the victim, Kathleen Slater, instead of the irresponsible drivers
Optimism can prove costly
September 29, 2011 1:18 pm Comments Off on Optimism can prove costlyLegal column explaining that if a settlement has not been reached before a car crash victim dies, the insurance company is alleviated of its duty to pay
Editorial Response: Craig Horton, ICBC Senior Vice President
September 29, 2011 1:08 pm 1 CommentEditorial in response to Paul Hergott's September 22, 2011 column: ICBC hiding behind face of insured defendents
ICBC hiding behind the face of insured defendants
September 22, 2011 12:59 pm 1 CommentLegal column describing an unfair ICBC policy that misleads juries to believe that drivers don’t have insurance when awarding compensation to the victim
PRESS RELEASE
September 22, 2011 9:53 am Comments Off on PRESS RELEASEFriends, In my newspaper column of August 25, 2011, I wrote about the state of wrongful death law in British... View Article
Only winners are the lawyers in insurance claim lawsuits
September 15, 2011 12:52 pm Comments Off on Only winners are the lawyers in insurance claim lawsuitsLegal column explaining how, far from a “lottery win”, car crash victims will never be compensated for more than two-thirds of their losses
Valid insurance claims often are initially rejected
September 8, 2011 12:47 pm Comments Off on Valid insurance claims often are initially rejectedLegal column explaining how your claim is valuated if you suffered from injuries prior to the car crash
Too much blame put on victim in recent accident reporting
September 1, 2011 12:19 pm Comments Off on Too much blame put on victim in recent accident reportingLegal column criticising society’s tendency to put blame on cyclists instead of drivers following a collision
Law needs to change in light of recent Central Okanagan road death
August 25, 2011 12:15 pm 1 CommentLegal column illustrating an imbalance in British Columbia’s legal system because the legal responsibility for killing someone is typically much lower than if you had injured them
Encouraging drivers to make safer driving choices
August 18, 2011 12:10 pm Comments Off on Encouraging drivers to make safer driving choicesLegal column discussing British Columbia’s Health Care Recovery Act with respect to the allocation of cost for medical expenses caused by negligent behavior
Cyclists deserve more respect from motorists
August 11, 2011 12:00 pm Comments Off on Cyclists deserve more respect from motoristsLegal column criticizing a news report for blaming the cyclist when an SUV cut across the marked cycling lane, sending the cyclist to hospital