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Trial Lawyers Jon Harbut and John Rice acted for Wing Kit (“Rick”) Chow, a 40-year-old accountant who suffered serious injuries leading to neck surgery from two rear-end motor vehicle collisions on November 20, 2009, on July 5, 2011.
John Rice and Jon Harbut acted for Denise Norris who suffered disabling injuries after being involved in a vehicle accident in 2010. Central to the trial was hours of covert surveillance from 2013 and 2014 that was taken on behalf of ICBC and used to dispute medical evidence of Norris’s declining health.
Justice Gordon Funt took the unprecedented step of rebuking the crown corporation and extracting $155,000 in a special costs award for withholding evidence. Read More
Michael Elliott and Cody Wagner acted for a 36-year-old lawyer who suffered injury to her back and neck, as well as headaches, as a result of a significant motor vehicle collision.
A new decision from the British Columbia Supreme Court has found the offshore owners of a North Vancouver residential rental property and their local property manager liable for damages after a 10-month old infant was severely burned by putting a hazardous electrical extension cord that had been left in the suite behind a cabinet in her mouth during a game of hide and seek.
In Tchir v. South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, the Plaintiff was riding a Translink bus in North Vancouver and was thrown from her seat when the bus driver was forced to make an abrupt stop due to an unidentified dangerous driver.
In Kallstrom v. Yip, the plaintiff, Ms. Kallstrom, was involved in six different motor vehicle accidents between 2001 and 2004.
A recent ruling in British Columbia’s highest court has changed the law regarding the transition between short-term and long-term ICBC disability benefits.
A 10-month old was severely injured with burns to her face, mouth, and throat because of a dangerous electrical cord. The offshore homeowners and their appointed property manager have been found liable because they neglected to take reasonable precautions to ensure the residence was safe. The child, now nine years old, spent time in a […]
In March 2016, a Lower-Mainland driver was issued her fourteenth ticket for distracted driving after she almost collided with an RCMP officer in Richmond. The driver has been driving on British Columbia roads for a significant period of time.
