Achievements
| Award | Description |
| 5,000,000 | For teenager who became a quadriplegic following a serious accident in the BC Interior (Okanagan). |
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| 4,000,000 | For pedestrian struck while crossing a road in the European Union. Our firm has represented many individuals where the injury occurred in B.C. or the client resides in B.C. |
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| 4,000,000+ | For a severe TBI, including skull fractures, hemiparesis and loss of vision one eye, cognitive deficits, emotional volatility, and the inability to achieve her entrepreneurial and vocational goals despite her desire to provide for her family |
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| 3,000,000+ | For a young man who was a passenger in a vehicle that struck a moose. In these cases, the plaintiff must establish that the driver should and could have avoided the animal on the roadway. |
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| 2,900,000+ | A young adult suffered a severe brain injury with physical limitations when the vehicle in which he was a backseat passenger in a vehicle that struck a cement barrier. The driver was killed and our client received the limits of the insurance policy |
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| 2,500,000+ | For a woman who suffered a fall, with significant orthopaedic injuries and the serious and permanent effects of traumatic brain injury, aggravated by chronic pain. We took conduct of this case late in the matter and were able to almost double the resolution suggested by her first lawyer. |
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| 2,500,000+ | Our client was a young man who was the passenger in a 2 vehicle MVA. The TBI injury resulted in limited loss of initiative, impairments and his vocational and recreational pursuits. |
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| 2,500,000 | Severe hypoxic brain injury for a man involved in an intersection collision. A difficult man prior to his injury, the cognitive difficulties exacerbated his previous interpersonal challenges, with marked perseveration (repeating the same things, over and over) lowered cognitive functioning, impaired memory and difficulties with attention and concentration, and emotional lability and impulsivity. Both nice and ‘not so nice’ people are injured, but regardless, it is Webster and Associates. |
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| $2,000,000 + (policy limits) | Our client suffered quadriplegia (tetraplegia) when the vehicle, in which he was travelling a passenger, was struck in an intersection in the Fraser Valley. |
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| 2,000,000 + (policy limits) | Severe brain injury and orthopedic injuries for an older man who receives constant care to this date. |
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| 2,000,000 | Teenaged passenger in a single-vehicle motor vehicle collision. The vehicle struck a tree and our client received the limits of the policy of insurance in respect of her traumatic brain injury |
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| $2,000,000 + | Our female client was injured in a single vehicle rollover accident on ice in the Cariboo Region of BC. Her previous lawyer was unaware that there was anything seriously wrong with her. Though her family lived far away, we worked with them and with appropriate professionals to prove that her memory and executive function deficits affected her ability to care for herself, resulting in a very significant settlement. |
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| 1,500,000 | For a client struck going through an intersection contrary to traffic light. Liability was very hotly contested, though the injuries were severe, we were very proud of our work, the client’s first lawyer had recommended acceptance of the defence offer of $100,000. |
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| 1,250,000 + (policy limits) | Young woman hit by drunk driver, while walking on side of road. She sustained very severe injury. She has recovered well enough to marry. She received the limits of the policy of insurance, which were inadequate. |
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| Policy limits | Severe traumatic brain injury suffered by a rear-seat passenger who was a passenger in a vehicle that left the road and hit a tree |
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| 1,600,000 | For a woman struck as a cyclist. She suffered a severe traumatic brain injury impacting upon all aspects of her life, due to fatigue and cognitive difficulties. The injury resulted in a downward career shift and an alteration of her social and avocational life. She went on to marry, work part time and have children after the case was resolved. |
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| 1,500,000 | For passenger in a vehicle which struck a moose. As is typical in these cases there is a significant traumatic brain injury and a facial smash injury which occurs when the animal enters the passenger compartment. Liability is often difficult to prove because of the defence of ‘inevitable accident’. The brain injury resulted in significant cognitive impairments, memory deficits, and behavioural and emotional difficulties complicated by a facial smash injury causing opthamological or eye damage and chronic pain |
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| 1,100,000+ | back seat passenger, single vehicle going around a curve |
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| 1,000,000 + | For a young boy injured by an errant ball from a sports game. The injury interfered with his schooling and though technically a mild traumatic brain injury, the injury has life long impacts |
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| 1,000,000+ | For a young mother who was the front seat passenger in vehicle which hit a parked car. The effects of the injury were devastating, she suffered a severe brain injury with profound impairments of cognitive function and communication, spastic quadriplegia. She received the limits of the policy of insurance, which was inadequate. |
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| 1,000,000+ | passenger suffered a TBI when a vehicle left the roadway |
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| 1,000,000 | Pedestrian out for a walk, struck by a car, resulting in TBI and orthopedic injuries |
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| 1,000,000 | For a child who fell off a balcony at a very young age. The boy did complete high school, but was not expected to achieve as he would have otherwise. He received the limits of the insurance policy. |
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| 1,000,000 | Our client’s disability insurer refused to honour his insurance plan after he became quadriplegic in a fall. An out of court settlement resulted in the full payment of his $1 million policy, after his insurer tried to argue he was too late in reporting his claim. |
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| 800,000+ | Older pedestrian struck when two cars collided at a suburban intersection and the collision caused one vehicle to go off the road. Our client had a significant TBI. Though he had been working, he had not declared most of his income. |
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| 750,000 | Our client sustained a mild brain injury when she was in a vehicle which struck a street pole. She was delayed in finishing high school. |
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| 750,000 + (policy limits) | For a talented young man suffering a severe brain injury as the passenger of a vehicle. The damage to his brain resulted in both physical and cognitive deficits that will remain. He received the limits of insurance policy, which were unfortunately low and inadequate |
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| 700,000 | Teenager struck by a vehicle while off-roading on a 4 wheel ATV. Severe TBI with behavioural and focus difficulties. Post-settlement, the client continued to struggle but attended college on a part time basis. |
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| 650,0000+ | TBI for a person hit by an unidentified driver – hit & run, our client had both a brain injury and bodily injuries. |
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| 500,000 | For a young man who had a spinal fracture without spinal cord injury. ICBC accused him of faking the injury and consequences. |
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| 500,000 | Head on Highway collision, severe TBI requiring life long care. Liability hotly contested as our client could not testify and the collision occurred in the oncoming opposite lane. |
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| 500,000+ | An elderly pedestrian struck by a bus, allegedly running across in mid-block. Through investigation, found witnesses who contradicted the driver’s evidence, which was not the only story. |
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| 450,000 | Talented young woman hit head on. The forces killed the other vehicle’s occupant. Chronic pain, depression and TBI. After many years of therapy post-incident, the client was able to return to work. |
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| 400,000+ | 4 teenagers in a car, mild traumatic brain injury, went on to complete university |
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| 400,000 + | Pedestrian, struck on a dark highway in the middle of the night, initially alleged to have been trying to kill himself, suffering a severe traumatic brain injury with significant physical limitations. |
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| 350,000 | TBI acquired in a rear-ender collision. The force of head movements caused diffuse axonal injury. |
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| 350,000 | Young high achiever, suffered a TBI as passenger in a two vehicle MVA, who despite severe injury, went on to complete university. |
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| 310,000+ | pedestrian struck by a car while in crosswalk, suffered t.b.i. and fractures. |
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| 300,000+ | For a claim against the clients’ former lawyer who failed to properly resolve his client’s case, and physical injuries from two subsequent collisions. |
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| 300,000 | Traumatic brain injury from a car crash in British Columbia. |
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| 300,000 | Teenager, fell from a balcony, sustained TBI, tinnitus and balance problems. |
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| JUDGMENTS | |
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| 1,250,000+ | For a brain injury suffered in fall from the hood of a moving car. decision can be found at http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/97/10/s97-1065.txt |
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| 1,000,000 | Mr. Hallatt was seriously injured on a highway near Armstrong British Columbia. Interestingly the defence alleged, based on the investigation of the police and witness statements that the collision occurred when the plaintiff swerved in front of Ms. Levien’s vehicle at the last moment. After hearing all of the evidence, including engineering evidence regarding physical findings Mr. Justice Leask disagreed, and found Ms. Levien solely at fault for the collision. The case was then resolved by payment of a significant sum by the defendants insurer ICBC (the terms of the quantum settlement are not to be disclosed pursuant to an agreement).
RFJ found at: http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/06/03/2006bcsc0353.htm |
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