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Coquitlam Lawyer: ICBC Exploits New Laws to Crush the Injured.
Exploiting the 6% Disbursement Limit: a beautifully orchestrated re-victimization of the injured by ICBC.
Port Coquitlam Lawyer: TRI-CITY LEGAL Congratulates Detective Constable Scott Hyde
Detective Constable Scott Hyde, a son of Port Coquitlam, wins 2021 Vancouver Police Department Police Officer of the Year
Coquitlam ICBC Lawyer: Enhanced Care or an Enhanced Way to Care Less
“It’s going to end up costing me out of pocket just to get therapy. I reached out to a concussion specialist. The first sessions cost $300. ICBC will only cover $200,” he said. “If there was a cash settlement on the side, out of that I could make up the shortcomings of all these things on the side.” - the New Westminster Record
Coquitlam Lawyer: Prosecutor Disbarred for Withholding Evidence.
Let me repeat that: a prosecutor withheld evidence which would have cleared two innocent people from capital murder.
Vancouver Estate Litigation: *Another* Disinherited Daughter & the BC Court of Appeal.
Another estate litigation case; another daughter fighting for a fair inheritance.
Coquitlam Personal Injury Lawyer: Window washer, struck by car, wins half-a-million dollars.
As indicated above, the defendant concedes, and I agree, that he was negligent in backing his van blindly out of the garage, and up the driveway, causing the accident that injured the plaintiff.
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.