The British Columbia Supreme Court recently provided its decision in the case of Matwijec v. Goodridge, 2024 BCSC 2030. The Court awarded the plaintiff over $1M in damages. Nathaniel Hartney and Evan Lay of Preszler Law were the lawyers representing the plaintiff in this case. Case Summary The motor vehicle accident took place in January … Continue reading “Case Summary: Matwijec v. Goodridge”
Our firm won its third Jury trial in the past month. Evan Lay and Farzad Balandari completed a two-and-a-half-week trial on behalf of the firm and our client. ICBC continues to choose jury trials as a recent litigation strategy. Jury trials are longer and less predictable. We suspect ICBC believes plaintiffs are less likely to … Continue reading “Another Preszler Jury Trial Win”
As of late, ICBC has been regularly choosing to put juries on trials. ICBC generally chooses juries when they think the jury will award less than a judge. Jury trials can be more difficult on injured people because the trials are longer and more expensive. It can also be more difficult to predict what a … Continue reading “Another Jury trial win”
ICBC chooses juries in personal injury cases when they believe a jury will be more easily convinced to award less to injured people. Choosing a jury makes the trial longer, more expensive, and more complicated. ICBC will often make low offers with a jury trial, hoping the plaintiff’s law firm fears what the jury will … Continue reading “Congratulations to Tyler Dennis for winning a jury trial”
An important deadline affecting former students of Vancouver College and St. Thomas More Collegiate from 1976-2013 who experienced physical, psychological, or sexual abuse by a Christian Brother is coming up in November 2024. You may be part of an institutional abuse class-action lawsuit, whether you know it or not.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently handed down its decision in the case of Wagner v. Cooper, 2024 BCSC 986. The Honourable Justice Shergill awarded the deserving plaintiff $367,856.81. This case is of particular note since this is the first time the novel issue of deductibility of WCB benefits has been decided. Nathan Wagner … Continue reading “CASE SUMMARY: WAGNER V. COOPER, 2024 BCSC 986”
Read on to learn about how The Court recognized the impact this accident had on the plaintiff’s life, and their reasoning.
In long-term disability (“LTD”) denial claims, the goal is for the claimant to receive compensation for the benefits owed to them under their insurance policy. In some cases, the conduct of the insurance company in making the denial was done in a way that causes additional harm to the claimant, which could result in the … Continue reading “Extracontractual Damages In a Long-Term Disability Denial”
