When you are injured in a car accident and claim damages from ICBC, you are under an obligation to “mitigate” your damages, that is, to take reasonable steps to minimize your loss.
Read MoreDBM Lawyers is proud to be a sponsor for the 10th Annual Richard Brodeur Celebrity Classic which is being held July 9, 2009 at the Meadow Gardens Golf and Country Club in Pitt Meadows.
Read MoreDBM lawyers Chris Bacon and Sharene Orstad joined Gordon Hilliker, Q.C. in representing 18 year old Jeffery Rimmer who suffered permanent irreversible brain damage when the car he was driving crashed into logs after hitting flood waters on the east side of the Salmon River Bridge in Langley Township. The case is significant because it confirms that townships and municipalities have a duty of care to motorists using the roadways and that the duty extends to taking reasonable steps to prevent injury to users of roads by reason of hazardous conditions like flooding due to storm events.
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Read MoreWhen the issue of fault in a car accident comes up most people think about which driver was in the wrong. However, sometimes there are other parties not directly involved in the accident who bear some responsibility for an accident and the resulting injuries. Rimmer v. Township of Langley , where DBM acted for a Plaintiff who sued the Township of Langley for failing to properly deal with hazardous road conditions during a rain storm, is such a case.
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