If I lose control of my car and leave it blocking some of the road, can I be liable for somebody else hitting it? What if it’s a dark night, I don’t turn on my hazards, nor put out reflectors
Read More →What does the world of personal injury look like beyond ICBC Claims? Moreover, what does it mean for an injury to have been reasonably foreseeable? The bulk of our practice area might be automobile collisions, but personal injury lawyers also
Read More →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 →When someone’s symptoms seriously spiral years after the collision, who is responsible for their losses? In today’s case, the 19 year old plaintiff was seriously injured in a 2010 crash (Turner v Dionne 2017 BCSC 1905). The many experts in
Read More →If a jaywalker is hit by a car while crossing the street, who is at fault? Will the jaywalker be found contributorily negligent? What if the vehicle was clearly breaking the rules of the road which the jaywalker was relying
Read More →If a pedestrian is hit by a car, but the driver flees the scene despite the significant injuries he has caused – will the civil court punish him? What if the driver has a suspended license and history of disregarding
Read More →If I’m put in danger by someone else, will my emergency response be criticized? What if it seems like I should have done something else, now that I have time to think about it? In reasons released by the British
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
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