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An update on how the courts deal with pre-existing injuries and how this will affect your ICBC claim.

  Clients of mine often suffer from pre-existing injuries; these are injuries that they suffered from prior to their motor vehicle accidents. Pre-existing injuries can severely complicate how much your case is worth and how you should deal with ICBC. The law on this area is equally complicated. A recent Supreme Court of British Columbia […]

When does it make sense economically to file a lawsuit?

Regardless of what your dispute is, the decision about whether or not to bring a lawsuit should not be taken lightly. There are a number of factors you should take into account before filing a lawsuit. Firstly, you should look at what you actually stand to gain from the lawsuit. There are many reasons to […]

Should professional athletes who use steroids be held civilly responsible for concussions?

              The issue of concussions in professional sports has recently become prevalent. Most notably (in Canada), in October a group of former NHL players filed a lawsuit against the NHL in the USA federal court: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/former-nhlers-file-concussion-lawsuit/ Professional athletes as a whole have become faster and more powerful, and this has […]