A judgment released May 10, 2013, following an eight day Supreme Court of British Columbia personal injury trial, reminds me of the saying: “A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client”.  The decision reads like a train wreck. Marko Jurisevic was claiming compensation for injuries he sustained in three separate car/bicycle collisions.  He had commenced… (more…)

In my November 1, 2012, column I described a victory in the highest court in New Brunswick that I predicted was “paving the way for a change in the law in other jurisdictions, including British Columbia”. I am very pleased to report that a May 13, 2013, decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court has met my prediction head on.… (more…)

If British Columbians were polled, I expect that we would put texting at the top of the list of dangerous driving activities. I don’t know if scientific studies have been done to compare the distraction of that particular activity with others such as eating, putting on make-up, programming an address into the navigational computer, or that activity my wife wrote… (more…)

I unveiled a new road safety initiative at the 2nd annual One Crash is Too Many gala event two weekends ago. Thank you to this year’s “celebrities”, leaders in the local “car crash industry” who helped make this year’s event a success:  am 1150’s Phil Johnson, personal injury lawyer Steven Turner, West Kelowna Fire Chief Wayne Schnitzler, RCMP member Sandy… (more…)

It makes sense to want to get to the bottom of why you are still having pain months or a year or more after a crash. You are told by your doctor that it is “just” a soft tissue injury; you will recover in short order. The ICBC adjuster refers to your injury as minor, as not being serious, because… (more…)