Lemer & Company Litigation Counsel

There has been a significant development in the law relating to the proof required when claiming psychological damages which will have a positive impact on plaintiffs in personal injury cases, including medical malpractice lawsuits and ICBC claims. Until recently a plaintiff with psychological injuries was required to provide the court …

Lemer and Company has commenced an action for a plaintiff in an ICBC lawsuit claiming the insurance company has been dealing with him in bad faith in his claim for no-fault wage loss benefits. Under the Insurance (Vehicle) Act Regulations anyone injured in a motor vehicle accident is entitled to …

Medical malpractice lawyers at Lemer and Company received a $1.513 million verdict for their client on May 28, 2015 in the British Columbia Supreme Court case of Reyes v. Marsden. The court found that the plaintiff lost most of his vision after an emergency room physician failed to diagnose a brain tumor …

Lemer & Company has recently brought 4 medical malpractice personal injury actions  against a general surgeon, nurse with the Canadian prison system, an ophthalmic surgeon  and a private laser vision correction clinic to successful conclusions: Action against the prison nurse was on behalf of a prisoner who was experiencing a …

Lemer & Company represented the respondents in this appeal, who obtained mortgage loans from appellants, Household Finance (now owned by HSBC). Lenders are required to disclose the cost of borrowing and, in the required statutory forms, the appellants represented that the respondents were not being charged for legal fees. The respondents …

In an ICBC case that came to trial in July, 2016 Lemer & Co. won a $213,000 jury verdict for worsening of the plaintiff’s pre-existing headaches. ICBC denied the defendants’ negligence caused the accident but ended up admitting liability late in the trial. The plaintiff had concussions before the motor vehicle accident, …

Medical malpractice lawyers Bruce Lemer and Felicity Schweitzer won a $1.513 million verdict for their client  in the 2015 British Columbia Supreme Court case of Reyes v. Marsden. After a three week trial the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled  that the plaintiff lost a significant amount of his vision after an emergency room physician failed …

Lemer & Company reached large settlements for personal injury in resort accidents. In one case a woman’s foot went off a slightly elevated walkway which curved and was poorly lit, causing her to fall, fracturing her hip and requiring a hip replacement. In the other a man was using a water …

Lemer and Company wins significant consumer class action certification decision in Seidel v, Telus. It is alleged that Telus charged their customers for ring and call set up time on incoming calls when their contracts required they charge only for “airtime” (talk time). The certification allows the action to proceed as …

Among recent ICBC claims successfully concluded by ICBC lawyers, Lemer and Company, are actions involving a pedestrian struck by a left turning driver while crossing an intersection resulting in soft tissue injuries and knee ligament damage, a pedestrian suffering a fractured foot when struck by a hit and run driver and a …