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Will CPP Benefits Be Deducted From Long-Term Disability Benefits
Have you been contributing to the National Canada Pension Plan regularly? If you have, you may qualify for benefits if you suffer a severe or debilitating injury that is considered a disability in Canada.
Accident Benefits For Bicyclists & Pedestrians
If you’re hurt in a car crash as a driver or passenger, you’re generally entitled to receive certain “accident benefits” from ICBC, no matter who is to blame for the accident.
Minor Injury Caps Under The New ICBC System
Bill 20 – 2018, the Insurance (Vehicle) Amendment Act, recently passed in the Provincial Parliament, brings radical changes to the current Personal Injury system.
Stop ICBC’s Plans To Cut Your Compensation
ICBC is attempting to cut your compensation by putting a small arbitrary cap on your pain and suffering. Your insurance premiums may stay the same, but your recovery will be reduced by more than 80%. Would you buy fire insurance, if it only paid 20% of your losses?...
Yan Gertsoyg’s Russian Language Radio Interview
Click below to listen to Yan Gertsoyg’s Russian Language Radio Interview on Questions of Personal Injury law. Выпуск 44: Injury Law. Телесные повреждения и моральный ущерб. Интервью с адвокатом
Can You Be Compensated For Family Help After A Car Crash?
What if you can no longer do heavy or any house work after being hurt in a car accident? What if your spouse now has to do most of the cooking, cleaning and other house chores, or has to look after you? Can you get compensation for this?
Distracted Driving Kills
Distracted Driving Kills is an initiative to create awareness about today’s disturbingly dangerous reality on BC’s roads. We want to promote the prevention of it, and provide a forum to share stories about the devastating impacts distracted driving is causing across our province.
Breach of ICBC Policy Is Expensive
Do you know that you can lose your ICBC coverage – even though your premiums are fully paid?
Psychological Injuries Can Net Big Dollars
If you’re hurt in a car accident, your physical injuries may heal fairly quickly. But the accident could also trigger long-lasting psychological injuries – for which you could be entitled to compensation.
Hurt In A Hit And Run? You And ICBC
If you’re the victim of a hit and run in B.C., you may be able to collect compensation from ICBC for your injuries or property damage. But getting that money isn’t automatic – you first have to try and find the identity of the at-fault driver/owner of the fleeing vehicle.
Video Surveillance Can Hurt Your Injury Claims
Did you know that if you’re hurt in a car crash, the defence (i.e., ICBC) may secretly film your activities after the accident to try and discredit you or reduce your claim? Car crashes often lead to whiplash and other types of soft tissue injuries to the neck and back. These types of injuries, and […]
Strange Injury Nets Large Payments
You probably do a lot of driving for work or pleasure. No doubt you try to be careful. But sometimes that’s not enough – through no fault of yours you may get hurt in a car accident. A recent case shows that if that happens, the courts will likely have your back.
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