Rear-Ended Collision Verdict Overturned Due to Faulty Jury Instructions
In this motor vehicle accident case, Gandha v. Beauchesne, 2025 BCCA 122, the claimant appealed a jury verdict that found the defendant not liable despite assessing $752,000 in losses. The collision...
View ArticleValuing Past and Future Loss of Earning Capacity: What Lewis v. Gibeau Reveals
Distinction Between Capital Asset and Earnings Approach In Lewis v. Gibeau, 2025 BCCA 127, the Court of Appeal addressed the trial judge’s error in applying the capital asset approach rather than the...
View ArticleCompensation Limitations for Lapu Lapu Festival Victims under BC’s No-Fault...
No-Fault Insurance and Wrongful Death Framework 2025 In April 2025, a vehicle-ramming attack at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day Festival tragically killed 11 people and injured many others. The incident has...
View ArticleIndivisible Injuries and Intervening Events in Personal Injury Claims
This Court of Appeal personal injury case arises from two motor vehicle accidents March 8, 2018 and February 20, 2020. Additionally, the claimant was involved in a workplace slip-and-fall accident in...
View ArticleICBC’s Lack of Duty to Advise on Hit-and-Run Obligations
In this weeks case, Eberhardt v. ICBC, 2025 BCSC 1069, the plaintiff pursued compensation under the ICBC hit-and-run legislation, as it then was, after colliding with a large truck tire abandoned on...
View ArticleSeparating Injuries in Multi-Cause Cases: 7-Eleven v. Tommy
In 7-Eleven Canada Inc. v. Tommy,2025 BCCA 220 the BC Court of Appeal again revisited the doctrine of divisibility of injuries in tort law. The case concerned significant ankle fractures on 7-Eleven’s...
View ArticleLimits of Expert Evidence in Regulatory Interpretation
In Krishnan v. Jamieson Laboratories Inc., 2025 BCSC 1289, the Supreme Court of British Columbia addressed the admissibility of several expert reports in a certified class proceeding involving natural...
View ArticleJacqueline Small’s Outstanding Trial Advocacy Leads to $4.3 Million Personal...
A Record-Setting Award Before the No-Fault Changes The Supreme Court of British Columbia’s decision, 2025 BCSC 2006, stands as one of the larger personal injury awards in recent provincial history....
View ArticleICBC Surveillance Found to be Inadmissible
In Faizal v. Bowes, 2026 BCSC 348, the Supreme Court of BC considered whether ICBC surveillance footage should be admitted in a personal injury trial. The plaintiff alleged ongoing pain and functional...
View Article$4 Million ICBC Award Upheld Despite Evidence Objections
In Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Liang, 2026 BCCA 263, the BC Court of Appeal dismissed ICBC’s appeal from a jury award arising from a 2019 motor vehicle accident. The Court reiterated...
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