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- Can the Government Be Negligent For Not Shutting Down A “Smoker�?
A smoker. In the combat sports world this is slang for an unsanctioned / unregulated fight. Cutting corners. Avoiding regulation. Exposing athletes to the dangers of a potentially neglectful environment. Last week the BC Court of Appeal released reasons for judgement addressing whether the governmen … Read more »
- ICBC Confirms Culling of “External” Legal Firms They Work With
Last week I broke the story that ICBC was mass firing most of their in house bodily injury claims lawyers. ICBC confirmed in a reply tweet this indeed was the case. This week I learned that the cuts were going far beyond in house lawyers but also extending to the private practice firms ICBC contra … Read more »
- ICBC Confirms Mass Firing of Their In House Bodily Injury Claims Lawyers
Earlier this week an anonymous source told me that ICBC was in the process of firing most of their in house personal injury defense lawyers. I had not seen any public confirmation of this so reached out to ICBC directly via social media. The insurance monopolist confirmed in a reply tweet that the … Read more »
- Court of Appeal Upholds Damages Against ICBC for “Serious Breach” of Customer Privacy
Reasons for judgement were published this week by the BC Court of Appeal upholding a damages assessment against ICBC in a privacy breach class action lawsuit. In the case (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari) an ICBC employee “accessed the private information of 78 ICBC policy hold … Read more »
- Proposed ICBC Class Action for Breach of Privacy
On October 21, 2024 our firm filed a class action lawsuit against the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. The lawsuit alleges past and ongoing misuse of the CL237A – Authorization to Provide Medical Information to obtain or attempt to obtain personal and private medical information of perso … Read more »