Personal Injury Law

We represent people injured in a fall caused by a hazard a property owner or occupier knew about, or should have known about, and failed to fix, including icy walkways, wet floors, uneven surfaces, and poor lighting. Our lawyers document the hazard and the property’s maintenance and inspection history, since the Occupiers Liability Act requires proof the occupier fell short of a reasonable standard of care, not simply that a fall occurred on their property. A claim built on that documented history is what turns an unwitnessed fall into a provable case.

We represent people injured in a dog attack, pursuing the dog owner and, where relevant, a property occupier who knew the animal posed a risk and failed to control it. Our lawyers gather the animal’s prior history and any warnings the owner ignored, since a dog’s known propensity for aggression materially strengthens a claim beyond a simple, isolated incident. Scarring and psychological injury from a dog attack are compensable losses in their own right, and we document both carefully.

We represent workers injured on the job by the negligence of someone other than their own employer, a claim that survives WorkSafeBC’s no-fault bar because it targets a negligent third party, such as another contractor on a job site, rather than the worker’s own employer. Our lawyers identify every party whose negligence contributed to the incident before WorkSafeBC’s coverage becomes the only compensation available to you. This distinction is easy to miss without experienced counsel, and missing it can mean leaving substantial compensation on the table.

We represent people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury or another catastrophic, life-altering injury, coordinating with neurologists, occupational therapists, and life-care planners to document the full, lifelong scope of the loss. Our lawyers build the claim around future care costs, lost earning capacity, and the injury’s impact on every part of a client’s life, not simply the medical bills incurred to date. These cases require the most thorough evidentiary preparation of any injury claim, and we resource them accordingly.

We represent people who have suffered a spinal cord injury or another permanent disability, working with medical and vocational experts to establish exactly how the injury has changed what a client can do, earn, and expect going forward. Our lawyers quantify future care needs, home and vehicle modifications, and lost earning capacity as part of the claim, not as an afterthought calculated near settlement. A permanent injury deserves a permanent, fully costed accounting of what it actually takes from a person’s life.

We represent claimants whose long-term disability benefits have been denied, delayed, or cut off by an insurer, including denials based on a disputed medical opinion or a shift from an “own occupation” to an “any occupation” definition of disability. Our lawyers assess whether the denial reflects a genuine, defensible dispute or a bad faith failure to properly investigate the claim, since Canadian courts have awarded significant damages where an insurer’s conduct crossed that line. Strict contractual deadlines apply to challenging an LTD denial, and we move quickly to protect them.

We represent claimants appealing a denied short-term disability or Canada Pension Plan disability claim, preparing the medical evidence and written argument these appeals require. Our lawyers coordinate the appeal with any related long-term disability or injury claim, since these benefits often interact and a denial in one can affect entitlement in another. Getting this coordination right the first time avoids gaps in income replacement while a claim works its way through the appeal process.

We represent people injured by a defective or dangerously designed product, from consumer goods and appliances to industrial equipment and tools. Our lawyers retain engineers and other experts to establish the specific design or manufacturing defect and to prove that defect, not misuse, actually caused the injury, since Canadian courts require clear proof of that causal link before a manufacturer’s negligence claim can succeed. Preserving the product itself immediately after an injury is often what makes or breaks this kind of case, and we advise clients on that from the first call.

We represent people injured because a manufacturer failed to adequately warn of a known risk associated with its product, an obligation that continues after a product is sold as new risks are discovered. Our lawyers review the product’s labelling, instructions, and any post-sale safety notices against what the manufacturer actually knew at the relevant time. A warning that is technically present but unclear, buried, or outdated may still expose a manufacturer to liability, and we assess that gap closely.

We represent people injured by a product that was later recalled, or that should have been, coordinating a personal injury claim with any related consumer protection or group proceeding already underway. Our lawyers determine whether pursuing an individual claim, joining an existing group proceeding, or pursuing both is the right strategy for a client’s specific injury and losses. A recall is often strong evidence of a defect, and we use it accordingly when it exists.

We represent people assaulted or injured on a property due to inadequate security, including insufficient lighting, broken locks, or a known history of violent incidents the occupier failed to address. Our lawyers establish what the property owner or operator knew about the risk and what reasonable steps they failed to take to prevent it. An assault by a third party does not eliminate a property owner’s own liability where their negligence made the incident foreseeable and preventable.

We represent people injured during a recreational activity, such as at a gym, on a ski hill, or during an organized sporting event, where the injury resulted from actual negligence rather than an inherent risk the client accepted by participating. Our lawyers review any waiver the client signed, since a waiver does not automatically bar a claim where the operator’s own negligence, rather than an ordinary risk of the activity, caused the injury. That distinction is where most of these claims are actually won or lost.

We represent people injured on municipal property or infrastructure, including a poorly maintained public sidewalk, park, or road, a category of claim that carries its own notice requirements and shorter deadlines than an ordinary negligence claim. Our lawyers file the required notice to the municipality promptly, since missing this step can bar an otherwise valid claim entirely regardless of its merits. Because responsibility for a hazard can sit with the municipality, an adjacent property owner, or a contractor depending on the facts, we identify the correct party early rather than guessing.

We represent patients harmed by a health care provider’s negligence, where the care received fell below the standard of a reasonably competent practitioner with similar qualifications, not simply below the best possible outcome. Our lawyers retain independent medical experts to establish both the applicable standard of care and how the provider’s conduct departed from it. Medical malpractice claims are among the most evidence-intensive injury claims to prove, and we invest in that expert evidence early rather than after a claim has already been filed.

We represent families pursuing a wrongful death claim under British Columbia's Family Compensation Act, legislation that has remained largely unchanged for well over a century and ties recovery closely to the financial dependency the family had on the person who died. Our lawyers build the claim to reflect the full financial loss the Act allows, including lost income, benefits, and household contributions, since these claims are calculated very differently from a claim the injured person could have brought themselves. Understanding this older framework, and its real limitations, is essential to properly valuing a wrongful death claim in BC.