Insurance Defense –

• Defense counsel in the leading Canadian case on tort law causation, Clements (Litigation Guardian of) v. Clements, 2012 SCC 32 (also counsel in Court of Appeal, 2010 BCCA 581)

• Lead defense counsel in financially significant environmental contamination / diminution of property value class action, Kirk v. Executive Flight Centre Fuel Services et al., 2017 BCSC 726 (also counsel in successful Court of Appeal decision on certification, 2019 BCA 111)

• Successful defense counsel in disability insurance / punitive damages claim, obtaining complete dismissal of action and costs, Bozek v. Fenchurch General Insurance Company, 2016 BCSC 2370

• Successful liability defense of fatal commercial trucking accident, Biermann v. Great West Truck Lease Rentals Ltd., 2019 BCSC 519

• Consistent and significant success in insurance defense litigation before the trial courts on behalf of ICBC, including:

  • Ma v. Haniak et al., 2017 BCSC 549

    • Successful defense of two Plaintiffs’ allegations including total body chronic pain and lifelong total disability

  • Ma v. Haniak et al., 2018 BCSC 1000

    • Costs decision: Plaintiff denied costs, Defendants awarded post-offer costs and special costs for costs hearing

  • Rosso v. Balubal, 2014 BCSC 1786

    • Successful defense of allegations including total body chronic pain and lifelong total disability

  • Liu v. Bourget, 2014 BCSC 291

    • Successful defense of first Plaintiff’s allegations including chronic pain, total disability and marriage breakdown and second Plaintiff’s allegations of chronic pain, depression/anxiety leading to suicide attempt, and total disability

• Successful appellate counsel upholding jury award and on cross appeal re costs award, Paskall v. Scheithauer, 2014 BCCA 26

• Successful defense of product liability claims on behalf of insured and self-insured companies

• Dozens and dozens of mediations for personal injury claims including: catastrophic injuries, traumatic brain injury/MTBI/post-concussion syndrome, TMJ, thoracic outlet syndrome, major depression, total disability. Skilled in defending cases on causation and on the basis of complex expert evidence

• Defended health care practitioners in investigations and disciplinary actions before the Emergency Medical Assistant Licensing Board

• Supreme Court of Canada leave applications, Clements v. Clements, and Sigouin et al. v. Maddex, SCC No. 36042

• Acted as defense counsel in Environmental Management Act / contaminated site claims