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Apology at Car Accident Scene Not an Admission of Liability

Posted on January 04, 2017 by Renn Holness in British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, Motor Vehicle Accidents

This first personal injury case of 2017 is a classic example how various witnesses to a car accident will remember the circumstances differently.  This is also an unusual ICBC rear end crash in which the person hitting the other from behind is found 75% at fault. As Supreme Court Judge Griffin pointed out: Even honest witnesses will…

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"Enough is Enough" Cheering Rioters not Faulted for Stanley Cup Riots

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Renn Holness in British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, ICBC Insurance Claims

The last game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Hockey series was broadcast on a live television outside the CBC building at Georgia and Hamilton Streets in Vancouver BC.  When the game ended, a riot erupted here and several cars were burned outside the adjacent Canada Post Office building. Numerous vehicles were destroyed here, some of which…

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“Enough is Enough” Cheering Rioters not Faulted for Stanley Cup Riots

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Renn Holness in British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, ICBC Insurance Claims

The last game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Hockey series was broadcast on a live television outside the CBC building at Georgia and Hamilton Streets in Vancouver BC.  When the game ended, a riot erupted here and several cars were burned outside the adjacent Canada Post Office building. Numerous vehicles were destroyed here, some of which…

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Pedestrian in Crosswalk found 20% at Fault for her Brian Injury

Posted on February 05, 2014 by Renn Holness in British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, Head Injury, How Much Money Will I Get?, In a Car Accident, Personal Injury Appeals, Traumatic Brain Injury

In this crosswalk personal injury occurring in Port Coquitlam (Paskall v. Scheithauer,2014 BCCA 26) the jury found a pedestrian twenty percent fault for her fractured her skull and traumatic brain injury after attempting to cross at a  marked crosswalk. The verdict was upheld by the BC Court of Appeal despite the appellants plea that she was lawfully within a…

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How Much Should You Pay for a Lawyer to Help with an ICBC Injury Claim

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Renn Holness in British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, Child,Teenager and Infant Injuries, Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer, ICBC Injury Benefits, ICBC Lawyers, In a Car Accident, Legal Advice, Legal Fees, Personal Injury Appeals

The amount personal injury lawyers can charge for a legal fee is regulated by the Law Society of British Columbia and lawyers are not free to charge whatever they want. Whether the lawyer decides to charge by the hour or based on a percentage, called a contingency fee, a lawyer cannot charge an amount that is…

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No ICBC Insurance When Injured in Car Accident on a Service Road

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Renn Holness in British Columbia Personal Injury Law Blog, ICBC Injury Claims Info, ICBC Insurance Claims, ICBC Lawyers, In a Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents

July 4, 2011-This uninsured car accident (Pierre v. Miller, 2010 BCSC 812 ) occurred on a road known and marked as the Finlay Forest Service Road. The applicant ICBC argued that the Finlay Forest Service Road fell within the Forest Act definition because it is declared to be a forest service road and because it was constructed or maintained…

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