What You Need to Know About Scooter Accidents
Due to the lack of protection to the driver of a motorized scooter or moped, accidents involving these vehicles often result in severe injury. Renting motorized scooters has become a more and more popular way to explore a city, which means that many people driving these vehicles are not scooter owners and may...
How Dangerous are Motorcycles?
Motorcycle accidents, though not necessarily more frequent than other types of accidents, are more likely to result in serious injury or death. According to the federal government, there were 1,841 motor vehicle accident fatalities in 2017. Of these fatalities, 53.5% were drivers of light-duty vehicles or...
Tips for Self Care After a Traumatic Brain Injury
If you are recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) such as a concussion, you need to focus on self care now more than ever. There are a number of things you can do to help speed along the healing process.First and foremost, if you think you may have a brain injury, go to a healthcare provider to get...
What You Need to Know About Distracted Walking
If you are focusing on your phone while walking–whether that means texting, reading email, playing games, watching videos, or listening to music, you are more likely to be involved in a pedestrian accident.
Is Distracted Walking Illegal?
There are no laws against distracted walking here in...
Do I have to pay you before the case resolves?
In most cases you won’t pay anything before settlement. We charge fees based on the amount recovered. If we don’t recover anything you pay no fee. We usually also pay the expenses associated with running your case until it settles. This includes court filing fees, the cost of expert reports, private...
When should I hire a personal injury lawyer?
From the very beginning it best to have all your communication with an insurance company go through your personal injury lawyer.If you are in a car crash you are required by law to report your crash to ICBC. However, we strongly recommend that you contact Hoogbruin & Company prior to contacting ICBC. While...
I feel uncomfortable hiring a lawyer. Do I always need a lawyer in a car crash case?
In most cases crash victims would be foolish to try to deal with ICBC without a personal injury lawyer. ICBC’s main interest is to pay out as little as possible on a claim. This is simply sound business practice. Your personal injury lawyer’s main goal is to get you fair compensation for your losses.However, in...
Are there legal deadlines I should be aware of?
This is a brief and cursory overview. Always consult with your lawyer as soon as possible after an accident.Where the negligent party in your accident (whether a slip and fall, or a defective road) is the City of Vancouver or another municipality, notice has to be provided within two months of the subject...
What should I tell my family physician or specialist?
Your main goal is to get better as fast as possible. To this end you should communicate clearly and effectively with your treating medical professionals and follow their advice carefully.It is important each time you see your treating medical professionals to tell them not only how you are feeling physically...
What about Facebook and Twitter?
ICBC and its lawyers have been succesfull in obtaining by court order, access to crash victims’ computer hard drives and information stored on their social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The goal, as with videotape surveillance and private investigators, is to try and attack a crash victim’s...