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Construction worker given $430,000 award for soft-tissue injuries sustained in car accident.
Apr
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/17/05/2017BCSC0577.htm The injured party was a construction worker and father of 4 children. His work primarily focused on residential renovations and building and servicing green houses at big box stores. The plaintiff was fifty years old at the time of trial and had been injured in what the courts described as a “violent” rear end […]
Mar
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/17/04/2017BCSC0431.htm In this recent Supreme Court of British Columbia personal injury case, the lawyer for the plaintiff was able to draw a connection between the defendant driver and a supposedly independent witness. This case involved a rear end collision, which typically results in a presumption of fault against the following car that has struck […]
Aug
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/16/14/2016BCSC1486.htm#_Toc458696781 This case involved a plaintiff that was injured in two separate motor vehicle accidents, in which he’d suffered whiplash type injuries. Complicating factors here included the plaintiff’s pre-existing degenerative changes to his neck. At the time of trial, the plaintiff was 40, but he was in his mid 30s at the time of […]
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How much is whiplash worth: Judge states that she must “exercise caution” during whiplash case.
Jul
http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2016/2016bcsc1138/2016bcsc1138.pdf In the above noted case, a plaintiff was awarded considerably less than she had claimed for a whiplash injury. The judge, in deciding how much this whiplash case was worth, stated that she would have to “exercise caution” in assessing this claim. This injury, like in many whiplash claims, was not objective. As […]
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Recent Supreme Court of British Columbia case illustrates the need for competent legal representation.
May
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/16/09/2016BCSC0948.htm This case featured a plaintiff with injuries arising from two accidents: one occurring on August 27, 2010; and the second on September 1, 2010. These two accidents occurred less than a week apart and almost 6 years ago. The plaintiff was alleging that these accidents had resulted in soft tissue injuries to his neck, shoulders, […]
