In a recent court decision, Cyr v. Kopp, 2016 BCSC 679, the compensation award for the victim of a distracted driver was stripped by over $60,000 because of his “failure to mitigate,” or follow through with medical recommendations. The heavy-duty
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In last week’s column, I discussed priorities for what to do at the scene of a crash. As promised, this week I am moving on to priorities for what to do after you have left the scene of a crash.
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You have to train for a triathlon that you didn’t sign up for, you get none of the fringe benefits and you don’t get to check it off your bucket list because you won’t be entering the race. I am
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A court decision released the beginning of April, 2015, recounts the aftermath of one of the most common of motor vehicle collisions: the rear-ender. On August 10, 2011, a young man was stopped at a stop light when some bonehead
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I’ve given the same ICBC claim advice over and over, consultation after consultation, for years. I have joked about creating a series of videos so that I could just press “play”. Perhaps that’s not such a bad idea! Injured victims
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I see you getting better as one of my most important functions as your personal injury lawyer. I will ask you, every step of the way, what your doctor wants you to be doing in order to progress with your
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“Beg, borrow or steal” A quick internet search comes up with definitions of the expression that include: “to do whatever is necessary to get something” and “obtain by any possible means”. The expression comes up often when I am advising
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It is a concern about how to afford the ongoing expense of medical care that brings most injured victims to me. They are continuing to fork out several hundred dollars per month for therapies and there is no end in
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A first aid course is the full extent of my formal medical education. Over the years of handling car crash injury cases, though, I have benefited from extensive “on the job training”. Every one of my clients is a case
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I sometimes wonder if those consulting with me are disappointed by the straight-forward legal advice that I give them. Some seem to be looking for clever tactical pointers. Certainly, a personal injury lawyer must have a few tricks up his
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