Category Archives: ICBC News

The latest news & articles on ICBC.

Court Questions Credibility and Rejects Opinion of Insurance Company Doctor Martin Grypma

Posted on by Mussio Goodman

In claims involving personal injury, it is often necessary for both the claimant and the insurance company to retain independent medical experts to assess the claimant’s injuries. The purpose is to have an independent doctor provide the parties – and ultimately the Court – with an impartial expert opinion on the claimant’s injuries. The opinion usually includes a […]

Court Rejects Insurer’s Application to Conduct Prolonged Examination of Our Client

Posted on by Mussio Goodman

We are pleased to announce our success in opposing the insurance company’s application to subject our client to further questioning by their defence lawyer. The insurer sought a court order to increase the permitted time to question our client under oath, which is known as an “examination for discovery”.  Under the B.C. Rules of Court, […]

Mussio Goodman Prevents Insurance Company Doctor Examination of Our Client 

Posted on by Mussio Goodman

We are pleased to announce our recent success in defending our client’s interests by preventing an independent medical examination (IME) with a neurologist chosen by the insurance company. IMEs are often obtained by both the claimant and the insurer over the course of a claim in order to produce medical-legal opinions that support each side’s position […]

Court Denies Insurer’s Application To Obtain Our Client’s Medical Records

Posted on by Mussio Goodman

Advancing an injury claim requires a claimant to disclose relevant medical and employment records. However, the insurance company should not be entitled to a “fishing expedition” by gaining access to a claimant’s entire medical and employment history with the hopes of finding something they can later argue is relevant. As a firm representing the interests […]

Jury Awards Our Client $216,500 After Insurance Company Offered Zero Dollars Before Trial

Posted on by Mussio Goodman

Mussio Goodman is pleased to announce that, after a two week trial conducted by our lawyers, the jury awarded our client $216,500 for pain and suffering, lost wages, and medical expenses. This jury award comes after the insurer refused to settle for any compensation whatsoever for the injuries that our client, Dainya Watson, sustained in an accident […]

Insurance Company to Pay $350,000 in Punitive Damages for False “Injury Fraud” Accusation

Posted on by Mussio Goodman

The BC Supreme Court has ordered ICBC to pay an injured claimant more than $350,000 due to the corporation’s ‘malicious’ and ‘odious’ false accusations of making a fraudulent injury claim. Yesterday’s decision in Arsenovski v. Bodin 2016 BCSC 359 underscores the court’s strong discontent for malicious prosecution by ICBC over perceived fraud cases. Substantial damages were awarded to the […]