Sentences with phrase «for whiplash injuries»

The Bill also provides for claimants to receive fixed amounts of compensation for whiplash injuries.

So you have a starting point for whiplash injuries of # 750 / # 875.

Finally, Pre-Safe Plus can detect an imminent rear - end collision and can prepare for it by cinching the seatbelt tensioners and firmly applying the brakes, reducing potential for whiplash injuries and secondary crashes.

That means that every second vehicle occupant is potentially at risk for a whiplash injury, according to Douglas Romilly, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of British Columbia.

The same goes for the whiplash injuries that often result from these crashes and can cause a lot of pain and lost productivity.»

The answer is quite simply that insurers are consistently undervaluing personal injury cases and this is particularly the case for whiplash injuries.

A compensation award was made for her whiplash injury of # 2250.

Their computer system therefore makes an offer on the basis, not of the going rate from the Judicial Studies Guidelines or reported cases, but from their own computer records setting out what they have managed to get away with by way of settlement for whiplash injury.

As a result of the insurers» conduct you will see cases constantly coming before sheriffs who are being asked to decide on the level of accident compensation for whiplash injuries where the neck or back pain may have lasted three months, six months or a year or longer.

All lawyers in British Columbia in good standing can take on a case as there is no accreditation for whiplash injury lawyers.

Currently, there is no specific treatment for whiplash injuries.

However, from the very beginning of the accident there are steps that you can take to facilitate a full and fair recovery for your whiplash injuries.

It banned insurers from making offers to settle whiplash claims without medical evidence, introduced tariffs for whiplash injuries lasting between 0 to 24 months, and raised the threshold for personal injury claims in the small claims court from # 1,000 to # 5,000.

Topics include restricted damages for whiplash injury, changes to the personal injury small claims limit, the increase in value of claims covered by fixed costs, and the introduction of a tariff system.

Randomised, controlled outcome study of active mobilisation compared with collar therapy for whiplash injury

Judges in both the Sheriff Court and Court of Session are regularly asked to make decisions on compensation for whiplash injuries.

«A large number of bodily injury claims are for whiplash injuries that occur when your vehicle strikes another from behind.

Basically, these are decisions where parties have not been able to agree on appropriate levels of compensation for whiplash injury and the sheriff has had to make a decision.

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) Injury Settlement Guidelines suggest a sum between $ 6,500 and $ 15,000 for a whiplash injury.

For example, ICBC offers between $ 6,500 and $ 15,000 for whiplash injuries.

A lawyer will help protect your rights and give you honest advice as to whether you may be able to get compensation for your whiplash injuries.

It contained provisions on the proposed online civil court as well as prison reforms, restrictions to compensation for whiplash injuries and safeguards for domestic abuse victims facing the perpetrator in the family court.

However, these will now be re-scheduled to allow for a consultation on Chancellor George Osborne's proposals to raise the small claims threshold and abolish compensation for whiplash injuries.