Tag Archives: Personal Injury

The courts order a plaintiff to provide her selfies to ICBC.

  In a recent judgement the courts of British Columbia ordered that ICBC had the right to see relevant, and otherwise private, photos of a Plaintiff: http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/15/11/2015BCSC1195.htm The order was made for the Plaintiff to produce all photos taken after her motor vehicle accident from her Facebook account, cellular phone, and computer which showed her engaged in pole, […]

Be careful what you put on the internet. It could severely affect your personal injury claim.

  Many people continue to haphazardly post pictures and other personal content on the internet. This can include posted material on facebook, instragram, google +, and various other social media sites. Often it can seem like this material is posted anonymously and is, therefore, inaccessible, but this simply is not the case. Insurance companies like […]

Do insurance companies have the right to contact employers?

The short answer is: yes they do. There is no property in a witness, and insurance companies (on behalf of the defendants they represent) have the right to contact anyone besides the injured party themselves and experts the injured party has retained. There are many reasons someone might not want and insurance company to contact […]