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Pain & Suffering

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I’ve worked hard to get back to the lifestyle I had before my crash but I’m still suffering. Will the courts be able to see the affects of the crash even though I’ve worked so hard to minimize them? In

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It is alleged that I failed mitigate my business losses and that they were not foreseeable. What does this mean? The recent case of Singh v. Soper (2016 BCSC 1748), involved a plaintiff who sought damages for lost business income

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I was injured in a crash three years ago. I followed through with all the  treatment recommendations of medical professionals and adjusted my life as needed to deal with my chronic pain. While my life is on the same path

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If I have a chronic shoulder injury, with pain persisting after surgery, how much might a judge award for my pain and suffering? In yesterday’s case out of the Campbell River registry (Mitchell v. Martin 2016 BCSC 1544) the plaintiff

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In the May 28, 2016 judgement of case H.H. (Re) (2016 BCSC 971) the Honourable Chief Justice Hinkson ruled on whether to allow Physician Assisted Suicide to an adult woman suffering from a painful intolerable condition. [5]             The petitioner is

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If I had a troubled life before the crash, can I claim damages for my emotional and physical troubles after the crash?  How will a court decide which of my problems arose out of the crash and which arose out

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If you are the victim of a “peeping tom” can you sue them for damages? In last week’s case of T.K.L. v. T.M.P. (2016 BCSC 789) the defendant was ordered to pay over $93,000 in damages, including $85,000 in pain