PAU Strips Ontario Insurer of Defense for Payment of BC No Fault Benefits
As previously discussed, BC’s Financial Institutions Act requires out of Province vehicle insurers to sign a “Power of Attorney Undertaking” in essence promising to provide the minimum insurance...
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"Plaintiffs are not Given Carte Blanche to Undertake any and all Therapies...
Reasons for judgement were released this week by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, underlying the importance of having medical opinion evidence in support of claimed special damages in...
View ArticleICBC Expert Witness Rejected for "Facile and Argumentative" Testimony
Adding to this ever growing database of case comments criticizing expert witnesses for advocacy, reasons for judgement were released this week by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry,...
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Motorcyclist At Fault for Collision After Making “Poor Reactive Choice”
Adding to this site’s archived case summaries addressing collision liability, reasons for judgement were released this week by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, addressing fault for a...
View ArticleA Balanced Costs Award Following Jury Trial
In an illustration that not all trial ‘losses’ trigger catastrophic costs consequences, reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, ordering balanced...
View Article$140,000 Non-Pecuniary Assessment For Predominantly Psychological Chronic...
Adding to this site’s archived cases addressing damages for psychological injuries, reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, assessing damages for a...
View Article$95,000 Non-Pecuniary Assessment for Chronic Wrist Injury
Adding to this site’s archived case summaries of non-pecuniary awards for wrist injuries, reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Chilliwack Registry, assessing damages for a...
View ArticleDefamatory Facebook Post Leads to $65,000 Damage Award
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, ordering a Defendant to pay $65,000 in damages following a defamatory Facebook post. In today’s case...
View Article$45,000 Non-Pecuniary Assessment for “Persistent Episodes of Low Back Pain”
Reasons for judgment were released this week by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, assessing damages for a persistent low back injury. In the recent case (Jones v. McLerie) the Plaintiff...
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Expert Witness Plagiarism Concerns Lead to Strong Criticism of Medico-Legal...
In my ongoing efforts to highlight judicial criticism of expert witnesses who stray into advocacy, reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, excluding...
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