Octogenarian passenger who fell and broke hip on Vancouver bus awarded $115,000

Y.W, an elderly woman, fell and broke her hip when a bus driver accelerated into traffic without waiting for her to be safely seated. The transit company refused to accept responsibility and offered her $1.00 to settle her case prior to trial. Mr. Cameron took the matter to trial in the BC Supreme Court and Y.W. was eventually awarded over $100,000 in damages. Vancouver Sun Story link Full court judgment link

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Police officer awarded over $100,000 after being rammed by a stolen vehicle

E.J. Injured his back and neck when he was rammed by a stolen vehicle.  His injuries compromised some of the overtime opportunities available to him in the police. Mr. Cameron conducted a trial for E.J. in B.C. Supreme Court. Prior to the trial ICBC offered E.J $50,000. E.J was awarded over $120,000 at trial. Full court judgment link The Province Article

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Court of Appeal Says Jury “Got It Right” in their Verdict for Injured Boxer

Mr. Cameron successfully represented Mr. Jegbefumere Bone Albert, a former champion boxer. After trial, a jury awarded the former Canadian boxing champion over $1 million, a far cry from the $50,000 ICBC was offering before trial. In 2008, Mr. Albert was a passenger in a car that swerved into a light standard after getting cut off on Canada Way in Burnaby. His right hand was smashed, which destroyed a career that made him a national champion both in his home country of Nigeria and here in Canada. He had competed in the Olympics and won the Commonwealth Games gold medal and then clinched the Canadian senior men’s light heavyweight national champion in 2004. In 2006, he turned pro. Read the...

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“White knight” squashes lemon of a car deal

Law columnist Paul Hergott applauds the "white knight" who rode in to the rescue of a consumer who bought a lemon from a used car dealer and then discovered the fine print in his contract contradicted the seven-month powertrain warranty advertised on the dealership's website. "John Cameron is one hell of a lawyer," Hergott writes of the $40,000 award for the plaintiff, "and I salute him for seeing that justice was done."

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Supreme Court of Canada upholds decision in insurance quagmire case

The Supreme Court of Canada recently tossed out ICBC's appeal of a complex insurance jurisdiction case successfully fought by John Cameron in the BC Supreme Court and the BC Court of Appeal. Mr. Cameron defended a vacationing Idaho family caught in the middle of a jurisdictional tussle between ICBC and a U.S. insurance company following a car accident. Both corporations refused to pay more than $100,000 in medical expenses incurred following the accident, each arguing the matter was the other insurer's responsibility.

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