WCAT No. 141237-A

Chris’s client was seriously injured in a remote work location when a 300-pound metal grate struck him. The employer denied the incident had occurred and WorkSafeBC agreed. After an oral hearing, WCAT overturned the denial and accepted the worker’s version of events, allowing him to receive wage loss and health care benefits.

WCAT No. A1602170

We acted for a landscape construction company that was fined just under $32,000 when two of its workers failed to wear a seatbelt while driving a tractor on a large construction project in Abbotsford. After an appeal to WCAT, the penalty was downgraded to a lesser category and cut in half.

WCAT No. A1602501

Chris represented a professional engineer who suffered a serious fall resulting in compression fractures to his spine. His pension claim got lost in the system and never adjudicated. After we were retained, WorkSafeBC corrected the issue but decided to end his permanent disability pension at age 65, despite his intentions to work past that date. We appealed to WCAT and won; as a result, the pension will be paid until age 75, resulting in over $120,000 of extra compensation for the client.