The NDP government has explicitly broke their promise respecting the rights of British Columbians to access the courts. Read about David Eby’s proposed changes to ICBC, about how the new system will reward bad drivers and unduly burden the most vulnerable, and about how these changes will only serve to make ICBC bigger and more […]
Hear John Rice fight back against the NDP and ICBC, explaining why ICBC low-settlement offer strategy is systemic bad faith negotiating that is driving cases to the courtroom and pushing legal expenses through the roof: https://globalnews.ca/news/4936680/icbc-billion-dollar-losses/
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.
In 2006, Marnetta Felix and her boyfriend, Kevin Hearne, were involved in a serious car accident. The accident occurred because Hearne, who was intoxicated at the time, grabbed the wheel of Felix’s car while she was driving and drove them off of the road.
A recent decision handed down by the British Columbia Supreme Court (Arsenovski v. Bodin, 2016 BCSC 359) has ordered ICBC to pay $350,000.00 in punitive damages for the malicious prosecution of a refugee.
Sarah Tambosso’s Facebook posts showed her engaging in a variety of activities and social events while her evidence at trial presented a picture of a very different individual with a family, work and social life that was very limited. The court found Ms. Tambosso’s evidence unreliable and she was awarded a very modest amount.
In the world of insurance there are really only three ways for an insurer to defend any claim.
The first and simplest way for an insurer to avoid payment is to be able to say that you are the one responsible for your injuries and so you cannot look to them for compensation.
The second way, and this applies in every case, is for the insurer to argue that your injuries are not that serious and so these injuries warrant very modest compensation.
After an accident, crash victims will report the accident to Dial-a-Clam at ICBC. They will be asked to either take their car into a claim centre to have it looked at or to take it to the authorized repair facility of their choice. For those who have been injured in the crash, visits to the doctor, chiropractor, physio-therapist, and massage therapist can start. THEN THE LETTER COMES!
“the information currently available to ICBC, including the minimal nature of the impact forces involved in the collision, as well as your physical condition at the time of the accident, has led us to believe that the accident did not result in any compensable injury”
