I was injured in two car accidents – one in British Columbia, and one in Manitoba. The insurance schemes are totally different – who can I sue for my injuries? The plaintiff in Sandhu v Wong (2016 BCSC 1490) was
Read More →While having my injuries examined, it is discovered that I have a pre-existing condition that may be related to injuries – how does this affect my claim? In the case of Chow v Goodman (2016 BCSC 1486) the plaintiff, a
Read More →What duty do I have when I’m passing other vehicles? If someone else does something dangerous because my driving is inconveniencing them, am I liable for the resulting crash? In the recent BC Court of Appeal Case Borgfjord v Boizard
Read More →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
Read More →If I had disabling chronic pain before the crash, will the court look at that in assessing damages? What if I’d been doing really well just before the crash, and I think I would have kept doing well if I
Read More →In the recent British Columbia Court of Appeal case Dunbar v Mendez (2016 BCCA 211), the defendant appealed the trial decision on a number of bases. One of those was the alleged error of the trial judge in finding that
Read More →If I am involved in a number of crashes, how does compensation work? What if the injuries from each crash built on the injuries from the last? What if there is no objective evidence of my serious injuries? In the
Read More →Is expert evidence required to prove a link? Or can circumstantial evidence suffice? In a case released last week, the highest court in Canada offered guidance on how causation may be inferred from the evidence. The case is British Columbia
Read More →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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