Plaintiffs Litigation Blog: Recreational and Sports Injuries
- All
- Accident and Negligence Claims (36)
- Accident Benefits (3)
- Back, Neck and Spinal Cord Injuries (9)
- Bike / Cycling Accidents (1)
- Brain and Head Injuries (11)
- Burn Injuries (1)
- Car Accidents (9)
- Cartiva SCI (1)
- Chronic Pain (5)
- Civil Sexual Assault Claims (4)
- Class Actions (9)
- Cleroux (1)
- Client Resources (9)
- Commercial Host Liability (1)
- Community Involvement (26)
- Conferences (7)
- Counsel Notes (48)
- Critical Illness Insurance (1)
- Denied Claims (4)
- Disability Insurance (2)
- Dog Bites (2)
- Fibromyalgia (1)
- Fire Loss (3)
- Firm News (6)
- Flood and Theft Claims (1)
- Government Claims (2)
- Homeowners Insurance (3)
- ICBC Part 7 Benefits (2)
- Injured Passengers (3)
- Injury Claims (15)
- Insurance Broker Negligence (2)
- Insurance Disputes (7)
- Legislative Developments (2)
- Medical Malpractice (6)
- Motor Vehicle Accidents - ICBC Injury Claims (7)
- Motorcycle Accidents (1)
- Murphy Battista (4)
- Negligence (3)
- Pedestrian Injuries (2)
- Recreational and Sports Injuries (5)
- Rehabilitation (3)
- Residential and Business Loss Insurance Claims (2)
- School Accidents (1)
- Sexual Abuse (2)
- Sexual Abuse and Misconduct (1)
- Slip and Fall Injuries (1)
- Social Host Liability (1)
- Social Host Liability (3)
- Soft Tissue Injuries (1)
- Sponsorships (15)
- Travel Insurance (1)
- Truck and Commercial Vehicle Accidents (1)
- All
- Annual Sponsorships (1)
- BC Laws (1)
- British Columbia (1)
- Civil Claims (1)
- Co-op Housing (1)
- Co-op Membership (1)
- Co-ops (1)
- Cycle for Sight (2)
- disability travel (1)
- fighting blindness canada (2)
- Golf for Julia (1)
- Halloween (2)
- Housing Cooperatives (1)
- Limitation Act (1)
- Murphy Battista LLP (2)
- para-badminton (1)
- Risk Assessment (1)
- SCI (1)
- SCI BC (1)
- Social Outreach (2)
- Spinal cord injury (2)
- Teen (1)
- traveling with medication (1)
- Vancouver Sun Run (1)
- wheelchair sports (1)
- All
- Alex Sayn-Wittgenstein (2)
- Andrew Brine (2)
- Angela Bespflug (0)
- Bill Dick (4)
- Brandon Souza (3)
- Irina Kordic (2)
- J. Scott Stanley (12)
- Janelle O’Connor (6)
- Jeffrey J. Nieuwenburg (3)
- Joe Battista (0)
- Joe Murphy (5)
- Keri Grenier (0)
- Kevin Gourlay (47)
- Kevin Hyde (1)
- Matthew Van Nostrand (1)
- Mike Murphy (0)
- Paul Bosco (4)
- Tara Chandler (0)
- Murphy Battista (54)
Accident and Negligence Claims (36)
Back, Neck and Spinal Cord Injuries (9)
Civil Sexual Assault Claims (4)
Critical Illness Insurance (1)
Insurance Broker Negligence (2)
Motor Vehicle Accidents - ICBC Injury Claims (7)
Recreational and Sports Injuries (5)
Residential and Business Loss Insurance Claims (2)
- All
- Annual Sponsorships (1)
- BC Laws (1)
- British Columbia (1)
- Civil Claims (1)
- Co-op Housing (1)
- Co-op Membership (1)
- Co-ops (1)
- Cycle for Sight (2)
- disability travel (1)
- fighting blindness canada (2)
- Golf for Julia (1)
- Halloween (2)
- Housing Cooperatives (1)
- Limitation Act (1)
- Murphy Battista LLP (2)
- para-badminton (1)
- Risk Assessment (1)
- SCI (1)
- SCI BC (1)
- Social Outreach (2)
- Spinal cord injury (2)
- Teen (1)
- traveling with medication (1)
- Vancouver Sun Run (1)
- wheelchair sports (1)
- All
- Alex Sayn-Wittgenstein (2)
- Andrew Brine (2)
- Angela Bespflug (0)
- Bill Dick (4)
- Brandon Souza (3)
- Irina Kordic (2)
- J. Scott Stanley (12)
- Janelle O’Connor (6)
- Jeffrey J. Nieuwenburg (3)
- Joe Battista (0)
- Joe Murphy (5)
- Keri Grenier (0)
- Kevin Gourlay (47)
- Kevin Hyde (1)
- Matthew Van Nostrand (1)
- Mike Murphy (0)
- Paul Bosco (4)
- Tara Chandler (0)
June 4, 2020
Injured in a boating accident?

Boating accidents are unfortunately quite common in the Okanagan. As the temperatures skyrocket, so do the number of boats on the lake, which increases the risk of an accident. If you’ve been injured in a boating accident, you may be wondering if it is possible to pursue compensation similar to…
Continue ReadingMay 28, 2020
Horseback Riding and Trail Ride Injuries

There are many businesses located throughout B.C. that offer recreational horseback trail rides. In most cases, a guide will provide some basic instruction on how to ride and then take a group of people on a leisurely ride along trails in the wilderness. On most occasions, the ride is uneventful…
Continue ReadingMay 8, 2020
Recreational and Sports Injuries Caused by Someone’s Negligence

Every year an increasing number of Canadians participate in amateur recreational sports. In doing so, these participants, both children and adults, are assuming the inevitable risk of injury that comes with most sports. The question then arises: what are the legal rights of participants in sports when they are injured,…
Continue ReadingOctober 27, 2014
A Former Quarterback’s Concussion Experience
Kevin Kolb is an NFL quarterback best known for his time with the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals.  He is now 30 years old and is not on an NFL roster this year having been released by the Buffalo Bills in March. In a Sports Illustrated story last week, Kolb writes…
Continue ReadingMarch 18, 2014
Liability waivers in commercial recreational sports
CBC Marketplace recently ran a segment on liability waivers in commercial recreational sports. Click to view a written version of the show. In the course of the segment, they speak to a former client of mine who was injured in a zip lining accident where the zipline outfit was clearly…
Continue Reading