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Coquitlam Personal Injury Lawyer: Boat Accident results in $2.2 Million Award
$1.2 Million Dollars for future loss of earnings and $240,000 for pain and suffering.
Coquitlam ICBC Lawyer: Judge berates ICBC’s trial strategy and its “game of chicken”.
Unfortunately, this strategy of contesting a plaintiff’s claim, and forcing a plaintiff to proceed to trial, in an effective game of chicken, is not confined to this case: this judge alone has presided over at least one other recent trial with minimal evidence, minimal cross-examination, and minimal argument, presented by the provincial automobile insurer qua defendant.
Coquitlam Wills Lawyer: Dementia & Elder Parents: what may a child do?
Once an adult - often an elder parent - becomes mentally incapable of managing their own affairs and a Power of Attorney is not in place, a person may apply to become a committe; a committee is a person - often a child - who applies to the BC Supreme Court to make personal, medical, legal, or financial decisions for someone (e.g. an elder parent) in BC who is mentally incapable.
Vancouver Estate Litigation: Ex pursues former common law spouse in the afterlife!
Ex pursues former common law spouse in the after life. Find out more:
Coquitlam ICBC Lawyer: ICBC’s drive-by wastes valuable Court time & puts plaintiff through…
ICBC Trial Thoery: put plaintiff through ****, waste Court time, and argue aimlessly.
Port Moody Lawyer: Court reduces Coquitlam Law Firm’s bill.
Did you know you can have a bill issued by a law firm, assessed by the Courts?
Port Coquitlam Lawyer: PoCo Stand Up - BC Supreme Court coming to Port Coquitlam
The Tri-Cities has a Supreme Court…for civil and family matters.
Coquitlam Lawyer: Driverless cars - Is the technology ready?
Are the safe? How can they regulated by the government, insurers, and by legislation?
Coquitlam Class Action Lawyer: Lawsuit against Ticketmaster - the 1st Step
In July, 2018, at a convention in Las Vegas, reporters for the Toronto Star and CBC (“Star/CBC”) went undercover, posing as professional ticket resellers, and attended a closed door session hosted by the secondary sales division of the defendant Ticketmaster.
Vancouver Estate Litigation: To be, or not to be - Estate Lit. & the Canadian Charter.
Lawen Estate v Nova Scotia grants constitutional protection for testamentary decisions and endangers Estate Litigation in Canada.
Surrey Estate Litigation: Disinherited Daughters: a Cultural Problem
Grewal v. Litt: Daughters - disinherited by millions of dollars due to family/cultural tradition - win big Court victory.
Vancouver Estate Litigation: Twin Daughters Disinherited by Estranged Father
I conclude that the Deceased’s abrupt reversal in direction and his decision to ignore the Twins was driven by bitterness and “sour grapes”