Monthly Archives: May 2015

Do insurance companies have the right to contact employers?

The short answer is: yes they do. There is no property in a witness, and insurance companies (on behalf of the defendants they represent) have the right to contact anyone besides the injured party themselves and experts the injured party has retained. There are many reasons someone might not want and insurance company to contact […]

Even small accidents can lead to large injuries.

  In this recent Supreme Court of British Columbia case a plaintiff suffered what turned into a chronic neck injury after vehicle was struck from behind while stopped at a stop light: http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/15/06/2015BCSC0698.htm The amount of damage to the Plaintiff’s vehicle was only about $1,000. The Plaintiff in this action was a 37 year old […]