Personal Injury
We work only for you, ensuring that you receive the maximum compensation available.
Pushor Mitchell’s team of personal injury lawyers provide experienced representation to clients seeking compensation for personal injury caused by the negligence of others. We recognize the stress and strain that injuries can cause for both the injured and their families. We help you assert your rights and help you obtain compensation that is fair and that you deserve. We offer contingency fee arrangements (i.e. we are paid when you receive payment) to assist clients with the cost of pursuing a personal injury claim. We have experience with negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, as well as the British Columbia Supreme Court, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Insurance companies usually fight every step of the way. We protect your rights in a number of ways including:
- Ensuring the injured victim receives the proper medical and rehabilitation care.
- Retaining the appropriate medical experts.
- Obtaining expert evidence as needed from economists, actuaries, medical experts, and future care cost experts.
- Determining the economic loss and long term care costs.
We strive to resolve cases through negotiation, and we use mediation in the appropriate circumstances.
When issues cannot be resolved through these channels, we will fight for your rights and aggressively pursue a fair solution through the courts.
We have developed extensive expertise in a number of serious injury areas including:
Brain Injury
Our firm has extensive experience with the complex issues involved in brain injury cases. We have settled many multi-million dollar brain injury claims, including car crash cases, slip and fall cases, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, product liability cases, and medical malpractice claims.
Paul Mitchell, K.C., is a founding director of BrainTrust Canada, and participated on their board for over 20 years. He is a past director of the B.C. Brain Injury Foundation. Paul has also presented at numerous brain injury conferences, including the Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference, and the Okanagan Brain Injury Conference.
Continuing with our long history of acting for and supporting the brain injured, our firm is the main sponsor of the Pushor Mitchell Conference on Brain Injury, which is an annual brain injury conference organized by Brain Trust Canada, and presented in Kelowna every year in June. Click here for information on the annual Pushor Mitchell Westcoast Brain Injury Conference.
Medical Negligence Claims
Medical malpractice and birth injury claims are complex and require significant experience and special attention. Pushor Mitchell lawyer Paul Mitchell, K.C. has extensive experience with the complex issues in these cases. He has successfully settled serious medical malpractice and birth injury cases involving doctors, clinicians and hospitals, with settlements ranging from $1 million to over $5 million. Paul recently settled a medical malpractice case (involving a brain injury caused by a surgical error) at mediation for $5 million.
Our medical malpractice experience includes settling claims for a wide range of injuries including
- cerebral palsy,
- missed diagnoses in neonate and pediatric care,
- birth injuries,
- shoulder dystocia,
- spinal abscess,
- spinal surgeries,
- missed compartment syndrome,
- infectious diseases,
- sepsis, in cases resulting in death and amputations
- wrongful deaths,
- orthopedic surgeries,
- vascular surgeries,
- appendix surgeries,
- implantation of faulty surgical devices,
- delayed diagnosis of cancer,
- and other serious but treatable conditions.
We have access to some of the best medical experts available who have proved themselves to be able to provide an unbiased expert opinion on the care provided. We also ensure the full extent of the client’s loss, including cost of future care is maximized. We strive to resolve cases through negotiation, and we use mediation in the appropriate circumstances.
Product Liability Claims
- the design and manufacture of automobiles (including roll over and roof crush cases)
- trucks
- motorcycles
- drive shafts
- bicycles
- bicycle forks
- motorcycle forks
- seatbelts (seatbelt failure)
- swimming platforms
- boating accidents
- marketing and special event tents
- retail display racks
- stair design
- highway and road design
- water slides
- Sumo wrestling suits
- medical components
- municipal and provincial governments
Other Serious Injury Claims
Other serious injury claims we have experience in include:
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Wrongful death
- Social host liability and overserving alcohol cases
- Assaults
- Sexual assaults
- Slip, trip and falls
- Occupier’s liability
- School Board negligence
- Chronic Pain
- Motor vehicle accidents (e.g. car or motorcycle)
- Disability insurance claims
- Vaccine related injuries
- Airplane Negligence Claims (strict liability)
We help ensure that you receive the best medical care and expert support to help you recover and ensure your case is resolved successfully. Our commitment to you is to negotiate or fight as needed to achieve a fair resolution of your claim as quickly as possible.
Please do not hesitate to contact one of our personal injury lawyers to schedule a no cost confidential consultation.
If you believe you or a loved-one may have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence, please contact us without delay. The law imposes strict time limits on the pursuit of such claims.
We typically offer a contingency fee arrangement which means you do not have the added burden of funding the claim; the legal fee is paid out of compensation awarded at the end of the case.
Our Personal Injury Team:
