The RCMP are not speculating about the cause of the horrific crash before gathering and analyzing all the evidence. Nor should they. But I will. I think it’s important, particularly while the horror of the crash is still fresh and
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Is there any onus on pedestrians to avoid falling on slippery surfaces? I made a case for safe and passable sidewalks in my last column Are you liable if someone slips on the sidewalk in front of your home? One
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It’s downtown Vancouver. Eastbound lanes of traffic are at a complete stop for a red light. The driver of an eastbound pick-up truck illegally veers into the westbound lanes to skip ahead to a left turn lane.It’s downtown Vancouver.
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With another winter season upon us, I am going to share a little bit about the law of “slip and falls”. The law isn’t written in some law book, by the way. It evolves sort of like the rules of
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A pedestrian is wandering, perhaps stumbling, within the vehicle lanes of the highway going through West Kelowna. There is no natural light at 4:30 a.m. on that October 21, 2017, morning. He is struck and killed. A news report commends
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An ATV and dirt bike collide at a blind corner on a winding dirt road. Mr. Bye, the biker, suffers injuries and losses assessed at over three million dollars. The stakes are high in the assessment of “who’s at fault?”
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Inattention is criminal. Or is it? You be the judge. R. v. Dunford, 2015 SKQB 386 Keith Dunford, and inattentive driver, was driving through a highway construction zone with signs cautioning to be prepared to stop, prohibiting passing and requiring
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‘Tis the season…for heavy traffic. Heavy traffic sets up one of the most dangerous circumstances I see in my personal injury practice. Approached with alert, common sense, they aren’t dangerous at all. Unfortunately, “alert, common sense” seems less common than
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‘Tis the season….to be in a parking lot. It’s a cruel kind of torture, driving up and down isle after isle to find a spot. Everyone else seems to have the uncanny sense of anticipating when a vehicle is about
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Brand new winter tires are installed, I have anti-lock brakes, I pay taxes for road maintenance services and never exceed the posted speed limit. Who is at fault if I hit a patch of ice and slide into another vehicle?
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