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How ICBC should assist you now

• ICBC and other disability benefits
  
• Payment by ICBC for treatment
  
• Assistance with household chores

Valuing a claim for damages

• Pain & suffering
  
• Pre-accident problems & elderly victims
  
• Cost of treatment, care & assistance in the future
  
• Compensation for family members of the injured person
  
• Past loss of income
  
• Loss of future earning capacity

Dealing with ICBC

• Your initial meeting with ICBC’s adjuster
  
• The documents ICBC asks you to sign
  
• A personal injury lawsuit against ICBC
  
• Settlement negotiations
  
• ICBC surveillance
  
• If you were at work at the time the collision occurred - WorkSafeBC

Medical experts & records

• What you need from medical experts to prove your claim
  
• Work capacity evaluators
  
• Medical specialists
  
• Doctors ICBC wants you to see
  
• Your medical records - The extent of your right to privacy

Keeping a pain diary

• Is it valuable to keep a diary?
  
• How extensive should my diary be?
  
• How do I keep my diary confidential?

Hiring a lawyer

• Will I risk receiving less help from ICBC early on if I hire a lawyer?
  
• When is the best time to hire a lawyer to handle my case?
  
• Is it better for me to hire a lawyer on an hourly basis or on a percentage basis?
  
• Do percentage fees vary?
  
• If I hire a lawyer, who pays the expenses to fight my case such as the cost of expert reports?
  
• How do legal fees work if I change lawyers?
  
• Is there any harm in my hiring a member of a law firm who also does work for ICBC?

Hit & run claims

• After my vehicle accident, the other driver left the scene before I could obtain his licence plate number.
  Do I have a claim for damages?
  What do I do?

Vehicle accident injuries

• Neck injuries and headaches
  
• Dizziness and nausea
  
• Post traumatic arthritis
  
• Brain injuries
  
• Chronic Pain