RSSTrial Lawyers Conference Hits Halifax in November
August 24, 2010 – 6:50 pm
As chair of the upcoming Conference of the Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association, I encourage you to attend this conference if your law practice includes representing injured people in car accident injury claims in Atlantic Canada.
The Conference is called Advanced Damages: Quarterbacking your Claim for Economic Loss, and this focus is on how to prove the economic loss portions of injury claims now that the Minor Injury Caps are here… Continue reading
I’ve Been in a Car Accident in Nova Scotia: Who Pays the Ambulance Bill?
May 14, 2010 – 7:22 am
In Nova Scotia, if you use the ambulance service because of a car accident, then you will receive a bill in the mail. After car, truck, pedestrian, motorcycle and bicycle accidents, many people are taken to hospital by ambulance for observation or treatment. People are sometimes surprised to receive a bill from the ambulance service a couple of weeks later.
Yesterday I… Continue reading
Future of $2,500 Cap Still Unknown
April 26, 2010 – 6:32 pm
I continue to get a lot of requests for updates on what is going on with the Dexter Government's review of the $2,500 Cap. I have been on the look-out, but there has been no word or signs on what the Dexter Government will do. I expect we will hear something any time now.
On a… Continue reading
Court Rules that Defendant Must Pay Interest on Litigation Expenses
March 25, 2010 – 9:00 am
In Milne v. Clarke, [2010] BCSC 317, the Supreme Court Judge ordered the Defendant to pay interest on expenses incurred by the plaintiff's lawyer in pursing the personal injury litigation.This was a claim for personal injuries arising out of a motor vehicle accident. The injured person's lawyer had paid for litigation expenses (in this case two MRIs) using a loan from third party provider. At the time of… Continue reading
$2500 Cap Review: Submission of the IBC
February 21, 2010 – 3:15 pm
I am still receiving copies of submissions that people and organizations have made to the government as part of the review of the $2500 cap on car accident injury claims. I invite anyone to send me a copy of your submission if you would like me to post a copy on this Blog.
I want to thank the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) for proving me a copy of… Continue reading
David Brannen is a personal injury lawyer from Halifax, Nova Scotia who practices exclusively in the areas of personal injury and insurance cases. 
