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March 3, 2014
The Importance of corroborative lay evidence
Reasons today from Justice Baird in Glesby v. MacMillan, 2014 BCSC 334, taking a 28-year-old art teacher plaintiff to task for being untruthful. The plaintiff’s credibility issues seem to have stemmed from multiple sources. She claimed debilitating pain and yet she saw her GP on many occasions without mentioning it. Her…
Continue ReadingMarch 2, 2014
Invisible injuries and the prejudice against chronic pain sufferers
Plaintiffs with “invisible injuries” are almost always faced with Chief Justice McEachern’s comments from over 30 years ago in Price v. Kostryba, 1982 CanLII 36 (BC SC). There, the learned judge stated that courts “should be exceedingly careful when there is little or no objective evidence of continuing injury and…
Continue ReadingDecember 4, 2013
Spinal Cord Injury BC’s Peer Family Support Program: A new relationship that supports our clients
Murphy Battista LLP prides itself on an approach focused on total client care for every person that comes through our doors. Our call to action, “Get your life back” is the core of our philosophy. As such, we have made it a point to support organizations that provide unique and…
Continue ReadingJune 12, 2013
Murphy Battista LLP is Proud to be a Principal Sponsor in the Okanagan Conference on Brain Injury
Murphy Battista LLP is proud to be one of the Principal Sponsors of the “Pushor Mitchell Okanagan Conference on Brain Injury.” The conference is a leading educational venue for professionals, family caregivers and people living with acquired brain injury. For over two decades the conference has successfully provided an interactive…
Continue ReadingJune 6, 2013
Murphy Battista LLP is Proud to be a Sponsor in the Ongoing Development of Aphasia Treatment
Murphy Battista LLP is proud to be one of the sponsors of Providence Health Care’s upcoming conference “Aphasia Treatment: Implementing Best Practices in the Clinical Setting”. The conference aims to review new and emerging aphasia treatment approaches with a focus on facilitating oral expressive skills. In particular, the theoretical background,…
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