Brokerage wins limited injunction against regulator’s new rule
July 19, 2023 by David GambrillFS Insurance Brokers (FSIB), a B.C. insurance broker that has common ownership with a strata property management company, has won a limited injunction against a new rule proposed by the province’s broker regulator, pending judicial review of the new rule.…
Did negligence cause mice ingress and water leaks?
February 6, 2023 Philip PoradoA British Columbia condo owner failed to show a strata corporation breached its duty to repair and maintain the irrigation system or the building’s waterproofing membrane. In Yoon v. The Owners, Strata Plan, the applicant, Bori Yoon, claimed the strata negligently…
Public not aware of rights lost in B.C.’s no-fault auto scheme: personal injury lawyer
December 1, 2020 by Greg MeckbachThe average British Columbia consumer does not really understand what rights they will lose with the auto insurance reforms scheduled to take effect this May, a Vancouver personal injury lawyer warns. Provincial politicians voted earlier this year to pass Bill…
Appeal judge: Is the lack of a privacy-breach tort in this province ‘anachronistic’?
September 14, 2020 by Greg MeckbachBritish Columbia’s courts need to take a close look at the question of whether the province has a tort for breach of privacy, an appeal court judge suggested in a recent decision arising from a data breach at a Vancouver-based…
Why Canada’s top court is reviewing a snow removal lawsuit against a municipality
August 20, 2020 by Greg MeckbachThe question of whether a municipality is protected from liability for a pedestrian’s injury arising from city staff’s snow removal decisions is headed to the Supreme Court of Canada. The top court announced Thursday it will hear an appeal from…
Who’s getting funding for new research in wildfire prediction, responses
July 31, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESSKAMLOOPS, B.C. – A university located in the heart of one of British Columbia’s most volatile forest fire regions will lead new research in wildfire prediction, prevention and response. Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops was chosen for the research that…
How B.C. adjusters are preparing for major earthquake
July 29, 2020 by Greg MeckbachWhen the next huge earthquake hits British Columbia, some independent adjusting firms may temporarily re-locate offices inland, perhaps even as far east as Alberta. Kernaghan Adjusters is aiming to be “up and running fairly quickly if we get into an…
Adjuster reacts to B.C. earthquake
July 24, 2020 by Greg MeckbachThe earthquake earlier this week off the coast of Vancouver Island does not seem to have caused any insured property losses, but the industry is nonetheless encouraging all British Columbians to be prepared in any case for a large disaster.…
Separate quakes hit off B.C. and Alaska, but cause no damage, tsunami
July 22, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER – A moderate earthquake has occurred off northwest Vancouver Island but emergency officials in British Columbia say it has not produced a tsunami. Earthquakes Canada says the magnitude 5.4 quake struck at 4:33 a.m. and was centred 285 kilometres…
Basement flood victims lose suit against previous owners
July 20, 2020 by Greg MeckbachBritish Columbia homeowners who tried to sue the people who sold them the home for water damage allegedly caused by hydrostatic pressure lost their case at the Civil Resolution Tribunal. Seth Nanayakkara, Julia Wells and Linda Adams bought took possession…
How liability is shared for this left-turn collision at a yellow stoplight
July 14, 2020 by Greg MeckbachA British Columbia motorist who was hit by an oncoming vehicle while turning left at a yellow light is 75% liable, not 100% liable as originally assessed by the insurer, the province’s Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) has ruled. Clayton Trenaman…
Flood warnings issued as B.C.’s major rivers surge, rainfall continues
July 3, 2020 Amy Smart - THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER – Heavy rainfall has caused rivers to surge across much of British Columbia, washing out roads and putting many communities on alert. The River Forecast Centre has issued flood warnings, its highest alert, for the areas around the upper…