No justice for low income wage earners

i was badly injured by a pseudo medical professional but in BC, i am told by lawyers, i cannot sue for pain and suffering. i can only sue for lost wages and becaue i only ever had low paying jobs, even if i won my case, the damages awarded would be to small to cover the costs of a trial
so no lawyer will take the case.

this is clearly unjust and translates to no

 

cont....this means that only rich people with high incomes have a shot at justice and any compensation whatsoever.

 

I'm sry to hear this.

 

... what you're being told isn't true, flutterby ...

... in actual fact there are NO LIMITS WHATSOEVER to what a lawyer can sue for. demands for compensation can be as ridiculous as an attorney wants to make them. if you're serious about suing, shop around for a decent lawyer. but good luck finding one in the corrupt lawyer fraud wasteland of british columbia. better yet, just stay away from british columbia lawyers altogether and spare yourself the senseless rubbish they tell people ...

 

Which lawyers? That sounds wrong.

Pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life play a big part of settlements in personal injury law. For example: medical malpractice and ICBC.

See this link for information on medical malpractice in BC. It addresses pain and suffering: http://www.cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Dial-A-Law/Scripts/Health-Law/420.aspx

 

... settlements? who's talking settlements? not me ...

... i'm just responding to flutterby's comment that a british columbia lawyer said there are limits on what kind of compensation a victim can ask the court to levy against someone. in actual fact there are NO RESTRICTIONS to what variety of garbage a bc attorney can go to court and ask for ...

 

I was replying to flutterby.

 

... is the above answer a reply to flutterby too?

 

Have you talked to a "personal injury" lawyer?

The Canadian legal system is extremely slow and expensive....

 

milq its different with icbc claims. people pay dues. its making an insurance claim. theres no personal insurance for medical malpractice but god knows there should be. thats why people can sue for so much more with an icbc claim.

 

thats so odd. i had three different lawyers tell me i could not sue for pain and suffering.

 

... flutterby, it's not odd at all. the steaming pile of fetid untruths you got from the lawyers you talked to is the very reason you shouldn't go anywhere near lawyers in this province. they're nothing more than an prehistoric tribe of rotten fraud scoundrels who lie about everything and CANNOT be trusted in any way ...