Impaired facial affect recognition as a result of TBI
Impaired facial affect recognition appears to be a significant problem for survivors of traumatic brain injury. These difficulties can be partially attributed to problems with emotion perception. Mounting scientific evidence shows facial affect recognition to be...
Study Links Brain Injury and Depression
A recent study produced by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that 30% of individuals who suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) will experience depression after the injury. "Any patient who has a traumatic brain injury is at a real risk for...
Rehabilitation: Courtesy of your insurance company
It’s no secret that prompt rehabilitation practices have reduced the ultimate cost of ICBC claims, and ICBC rehabilitation coordinators are an integral part of this process. But it’s important to remember that these coordinators are part of the insurance defence team...
Webster & Associates welcomes Kara Naish
We would like to welcome lawyer Kara Naish to our team. Kara recently joined Webster & Associates, bringing with her over 10 years of legal experience in the insurance defence field. Kara left this practice because she truly wanted to assist individuals through...
Appointing a committee as legal guardian
In most cases an adult is legally capable of making their own decisions, to initiate, and settle a legal action. However, if a person is not legally competent to manage their own affairs or to make proper decisions in their own interest, someone else can (and should)...
What can you do if you don’t know who caused the BC collision that resulted in your injuries?
Under section 24(5) of the Insurance Motor Vehicle Act you can successfully sue ICBC as the nominal defendant if you have taken all reasonable steps to find the driver who caused your injuries. However, the recent case of Morris v. Doe that was pronounced by the BC...
Aquired Brain Injury: The Story of Six Brain Injury Survivors
"Aquired Brain Injury" was produced by Dean Powers, a Rehabilitation Consultant and Vocational Expert. The video follows a Q&A format, documenting the feedback of six suvivors with varying degrees of brain injury. It looks at the impact of brain injury on these...
Brian Webster to Co-Chair Brain Injury Conference
TLABC Brain Injury Conference 2011: The Anatomy of a Brain Injury Case: Focus on the Frontal Lobes May 13-14, 2011 Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, Vancouver, Canada Brain Webster, QC, is co-chairing the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia’s brain injury...
A Day in the Life of a Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor
Christina MacEachern was injured on September 12th, 2005, when her head came into contact with a semi-trailer truck. She suffered severe bi-frontal lobe injuries. A 60-minute video of Christina (post-injury) was produced by Shawn Serdar of Pacific Producers Group and...
“Big City” Lawyer or local counsel … what to do?
Many serious vehicle collisions occur in smaller communities throughout British Columbia and Canada where access to experienced legal resources may not be readily available. Sadly, we often hear, too late, about cases that have been settled for a small percentage of...
