Vic S. Maan of TRI-CITY LEGAL, interviewed by Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Port Coquitlam son, VIC S. MAAN (founder of Tri-City Legal), featured in prominent and national legal publication, Canadian Lawyer Magazine.
TRI-CITY LEGAL’s, Vic S. Maan recently wrote a blog about the difficulties the new ICBC laws are placing on the injured of BC. As stated, “[r]ecently, a new law came into force and effect. Masked by the abundant dark clouds of ICBC’s new No-Fault regime, is the lightning of ICBC’s new restrictions on a plaintiff’s disbursements”.
Like lightning, the new ICBC laws are striking blow after blow to an injured victim’s personal injury case leaving scorches that the citizens of British Columbia know nothing about
This blog struck a match where the prominent and national legal publication, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, interviewed Mr. Maan on his experience and expertise. The highlights of Canadian Lawyer’s article are as follows;
The result, says Coquitlam-based lawyer Vicram Maan, has caused lawyers to be “conservative” with how they spend money to support a plaintiff’s claim, knowing that the plaintiff may have to pay a significant amount of disbursements out of personal funds or out of the settlement or trial award.
Maan agrees, noting “this is kind of crippling to our claims, because we're encumbered by the six per cent cap, whereas the insurer is not.” At the same time, there have been notable cases of how ICBC has used its position of power “to send the injured [plaintiff] to as many experts as possible.”
Maan also made an appearance for a similar application. His firm referred the client to one expert and allowed ICBC to send the plaintiff to two experts of its choosing.
“Despite our efforts of compliance, ICBC was seeking permission to send our client to more experts,” Maan says, adding that he opposed the ICBC motion. Not only did the Master rule in favour of ICBC, but awarded ICBC costs for the application, “as if the injured victim had done something criminal for not wanting to pricked, prodded, and probed by as many experts as ICBC desires.
Read the CANADIAN LAWYER MAGAZINE article here.
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