Personal Injury
Spinal Injury Lawyers
Spinal injuries range from painful disc damage to life-changing cord trauma. We help you secure the treatment, care, and long term support your recovery truly needs.
Few injuries affect daily life like a spinal injury. Whether it is a disc injury that makes sitting through a workday unbearable or spinal cord trauma that changes how you move through the world, the road ahead can feel uncertain and long. You do not have to map that road alone. Our job is to make sure the support side of your recovery is handled while you put your energy into healing.
Spinal injuries cover a wide range. Some people recover with months of physiotherapy. Others need surgery, mobility equipment, changes to their home, and care that continues for years. Because the future is hard to predict early on, decisions about your claim should never be rushed. We take the time to understand what your doctors expect, so the support you claim matches the recovery you are actually facing, now and later.
For crashes under BC's Enhanced Care system, benefits can include medical and rehabilitation treatment, income replacement, and care support, and the system provides greater support for serious and catastrophic injuries. For significant spinal injuries, that can extend to help with personal care and the kinds of equipment and home changes a new reality requires. Getting your injury properly assessed and documented is central to receiving that level of support.
Planning for long term care is not something anyone expects to learn, and you should not have to learn it alone or under pressure. We work from your medical team's guidance to understand what the years ahead may require, and we push back when ICBC's decisions do not reflect it. Your first case evaluation is free, and we will give you honest answers about what support is available to you.
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Estimate the Value of Your Injury Claim
Answer a few quick questions for a rough, instant illustration of a potential injury claim range. In BC, auto injuries are handled through ICBC's Enhanced Care system, so real amounts vary case by case. For an honest assessment, talk to Shawn Sidhu for free.
Estimated potential range
$15,000 to $36,000
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This is a rough illustration only and not legal advice, a guarantee, or a prediction of any ICBC benefit or settlement. The best way to find out what your claim is really worth is a free, no obligation case review.
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Understanding your injury
We work from your medical team's guidance to understand what your spinal injury will require now and later.
Catastrophic injury benefits
For serious spinal cord injuries, we pursue the enhanced levels of care and support the system provides.
Home and equipment needs
We help claim support for mobility equipment and home changes when your injury makes them truly necessary.
Care and daily support
When you need help with personal care and daily tasks, we help secure the care benefits that fund it.
Income replacement
If your injury keeps you from your work, we help secure income replacement that reflects your real loss.
Long term disputes
Spinal claims can run for years, and we stay with you, challenging decisions that fall short along the way.
Common questions
What counts as a serious spinal injury?
There is a wide range, from disc injuries and nerve damage to partial or complete spinal cord injuries. Seriousness depends on how the injury affects your function and your future, which your medical team assesses over time. Whatever the label, if your life has changed, your claim deserves careful attention.
What support exists for spinal cord injuries in BC?
For crashes covered by Enhanced Care, benefits can include treatment and rehabilitation, income replacement, personal care support, and greater assistance for serious and catastrophic injuries, which can extend to equipment and home changes. What you receive depends on your assessed needs, and we help make sure those needs are fully documented.
My injury may need care for life. How is that handled?
Long term needs are addressed as your medical picture develops, and benefits under Enhanced Care are tied to your recovery and care requirements rather than a single payout. That makes ongoing documentation and periodic reassessment important. We stay involved over the long run so your support keeps pace with your actual needs.
Can my home be modified through my claim?
When a spinal injury makes changes like ramps, bathroom modifications, or other accessibility work necessary, support for those needs can form part of a serious injury claim under Enhanced Care. The specifics depend on your assessed needs and ICBC's decisions, and we help you present those needs clearly and completely.
What if ICBC underestimates my injury?
It happens, and it can be challenged. Decisions about your benefits and how your injury is classified can be reviewed and disputed, including through the Civil Resolution Tribunal for benefit disputes. Strong medical evidence is the foundation, so we work with your care team to make sure your file tells the full story.
Should I wait until my recovery settles before getting advice?
No, earlier is better. Early advice helps you avoid missed deadlines, incomplete documentation, and benefit decisions that set the wrong baseline. It does not commit you to anything, and your case evaluation is free. You can get answers now and make the bigger decisions later, once your medical picture is clearer.
Let's plan your support together
No pressure and no obligation. Just a clear conversation about where you stand and what comes next.