Rice Harbut Elliott LLP
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RHE trial lawyer Silvana Herra was counsel for Ken Firman, a 31 year old supervisor at a restoration company who suffered from chronic neck and back pain after he was hit from behind and knocked off his motorcycle in 2015. This is a case that should not have gone to trial. Mr. Firman is a private a person who did not want to inconvenience his friends or co-workers and especially did not want to ask them to attend court during the global pandemic. This case is yet another exam...ple of wasted court resources and time resulting from ICBC’s low ball settlement litigation strategy which is designed to undercompensate injured British Columbians and intentionally place further strain on the court system. See further details here: https://rhelaw.com//rhe-obtains-354000-award-for-young-ha/ #RHE #personalinjury #ICBC #MVA #accident

RHE can help if your business interruption claim has been denied. #covid19

RHE partner John Rice says urgent, massive action is needed to bring BC’s justice system securely online to improve access to justice, especially in the event a second coronavirus wave or future pandemics. Top judge takes rare shot at B.C. government over COVID-19 court closures: https://www.cbc.ca//top-judge-takes-rare-shot-at-b-c-gover

Michael Elliott and Ben Colangelo obtain a $500,000 jury award for special education assistant who was injured in a March 2015 motor vehicle accident. This case should have never gone to trial and is yet another example of the waste produced by ICBC’s low ball settlement litigation strategy which is designed to undercompensate injured British Columbians and intentionally place further strain on the court system. See further details here: https://rhelaw.com//rhe-obtains-5000...00-jury-award-for-des/ #icbc #jury #juryaward #injuredbritishcolumbians #motorvehicleaccident #trial #rhelaw

'Thanks for ripping me off': B.C. government, ICBC hit with $900M proposed class action lawsuit https://www.cbc.ca//icbc-proposed-class-action-lawsuit-1.5

Rice Harbut Elliott is investigating a possible class action lawsuit, representing Canadians who were prescribed metformin containing a nitrosamine impurity called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) above the acceptable limit. Drugs containing metformin are used to treat patients with diabetes. If you received any of the above-listed drugs, you may be affected by this class action lawsuit. Please visit our website and fill out the form to get in touch with us: https://lnkd.in/geDYagp #medicine #health #diabetes #classaction #ndma #canadians #cancer

John M. Rice and Jesse Kendall obtain a $505,550 trial award for 22-year old student injured in 2 collisions. This is a case that should never have gone to trial and another unfortunate example of how ICBC’s new litigation strategy of making unreasonably low settlement offers to those injured on our roads is causing a massive increase in cases going to trial with millions wasted on unnecessary court costs. Parker is a private and reticent young man and to spare his family, fr...iends and caregivers the ordeal of going to trial he offered to settle his case for a fraction of what his damages were fairly worth. ICBC refused and bullied Parker into trial, a litigation strategy that back-fired. https://rhelaw.com//rhe-obtains-505550-trial-award-for-22/ Full reasons for judgement: https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/02/2020BCSC0243.htm #ICBC #judgement #RHE #motorvehicleaccident

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The NDP government has explicitly broke their promise respecting the rights of British Columbians to access the courts. Read about David Eby’s proposed changes to ICBC, about how the new system will reward bad drivers and unduly burden the most vulnerable, and about how these changes will only serve to make ICBC bigger and more powerful. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gPx4nQU https://lnkd.in/gEBfcNw

Hear John M. Rice interviewed on behalf of the Trial Lawyers Association with regard to the huge increase in Supreme Court of BC trials be adjourned because of cases pushed to trial by unreasonably low settlement offers by ICBC. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gNg2vZh

RHE obtains $1.148 million award for pedestrian struck in a hit and run collision Michael Elliott and Scott Morishita were trial counsel O’Mara, a 43 year old medical office coordinator, who was walking in a marked crosswalk when she was struck by a vehicle. The vehicle that struck Ms. O’Mara fled the scene and the identity of the driver remains unknown. The impact resulted in Ms. O’Mara suffering fractures to her right knee and left wrist, peroneal nerve injuries, facial ...lacerations, and a concussion. Ms. O’Mara required surgery and the insertion of hardware to her knee. These injuries developed into a severe chronic pain condition with significant depression and anxiety. ICBC argued that Ms. O’Mara’s ongoing problems were related to her pre-accident medical conditions, and further, that she would only require relatively minor medical care into the future. In rejecting these arguments, the Supreme Court of British Columbia awarded Ms. O’Mara $185,000 for her pain and suffering, $517,400 for her past and future income loss, $420,854 for her past and future care needs, and $25,000 as an in trust award for Ms. O’Mara’s two children who assisted Ms. O’Mara during her lengthy recovery. The full reasons for judgment can be found here: https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/19/22/2019BCSC2222.htm https://rhelaw.com//rhe-obtains-1-148-million-award-pedes/