If you have been injured outside of your home country, navigating the injury claims process is twice as complicated. At Border Solutions Law Group, cross-border is the only type of injury case we handle. Drawing from our experience helping thousands of clients in Vancouver and Seattle, we’ve outlined four key points that will impact the … Continue reading “Five Things Your Should Know About Cross-Border Injury Claims”

If you were injured outside of your home country, will you have a harder time gaining compensation? In a word, yes. Getting fair treatment in one country is already a challenge. Insurers necessarily try to minimize their payout. It’s up to you to prove your claim. But when an accident happens in a different country, … Continue reading “Are Cross-Border Injury Claims Harder To Fight?”

The popular perception is that personal injury cases are worth far more in the U.S. than in Canada. This is not always the case. Rushing into a lawsuit in BC or Washington without knowing how the law and insurers work in both jurisdictions is risky. Without the benefit of experience, it can lead to disappointingly … Continue reading “Are Cross-Border Injury Claims Worth More In The U.S.?”

According to the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada, 65% of drivers nationwide, including British Columbia, fit their vehicles with winter tires. They do this regardless of whether they drive in areas with or without snow. A survey showed that more and more drivers realize that winter tires’ tread patterns allow better control while driving … Continue reading “Winter tires could prevent cross-border personal injury claims”

Road accident statistics show that one in four fatal car accidents in Canada involved driver distractions. While crashes in British Columbia could lead to complicated lawsuits and insurance claims, distracted driving accidents that happen during trips south of the border could prove to be even more challenging to navigate. Cross-border personal injury claims require knowledge and … Continue reading “Distractions can lead to cross-border personal injury claims”

According to research, automobile crashes cause most of the accidental deaths in British Columbia across all age groups. Along with the emotional trauma suffered by surviving family members and injured crash victims comes significant unanticipated financial consequences. This could be more complicated if it involves cross-border personal injury. Looking at specific statistics shows why drivers … Continue reading “Cross-border personal injury caused by car accidents”

Spinal cord injuries could be catastrophic, and navigating insurance and legal proceedings if another party’s negligence caused it could exacerbate the trauma. Suppose the victim is a Vancouver resident who travelled to Seattle, where a negligent driver caused a crash. Under such circumstances, any subsequent efforts to seek financial relief for cross-border personal injury would … Continue reading “Cross-border personal injury: Living with spinal cord damage”

British Columbia residents in Vancouver are not used to extreme weather conditions. Snowfalls occur only on an average of 10 days per year and seldom more than 1 cm deep. In contrast, Vancouver is the foggiest, wettest city in Canada. Although it rains throughout the year, during the winter, it could rain incessantly. Driving and … Continue reading “Cross-border personal injury risks higher in winter months”

Studies have shown that people are not good at judging their own levels of impairment. The fact that they have consumed alcohol is enough reason not to drive a vehicle. Many British Columbia residents have been victims of accidents caused by drunk drivers. When such accidents occur while driving south of the border, recovering damages … Continue reading “Cross-border personal injury: Look out for drunk drivers”

Motorists in Vancouver can assume that they will have to deal with others participating in high-risk driving whenever they take to the roads. Accidents happen anytime and anywhere, and they are typically traumatic, but when involved in a crash while travelling south of the border, everything becomes more complicated. Being alert for the driving errors … Continue reading “Be alert to avoid cross-border personal injury claims”