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#'''No-Fault Accident Benefits:''' Everyone in BC who owns a vehicle must buy basic insurance from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, or ICBC. This insurance pays money, called “accident benefits,” to people injured in a vehicle accident. Even if you caused the accident, ICBC will pay you these no-fault accident benefits, as long as you’ve met the conditions of this insurance. Generally, these benefits include temporary total disability benefits (i.e., disability benefits for lost income to a maximum of $300 per week while you are disabled due to your injuries) and medical and rehabilitation benefits. | #'''No-Fault Accident Benefits:''' Everyone in BC who owns a vehicle must buy basic insurance from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, or ICBC. This insurance pays money, called “accident benefits,” to people injured in a vehicle accident. Even if you caused the accident, ICBC will pay you these no-fault accident benefits, as long as you’ve met the conditions of this insurance. Generally, these benefits include temporary total disability benefits (i.e., disability benefits for lost income to a maximum of $300 per week while you are disabled due to your injuries) and medical and rehabilitation benefits. | ||
#'''Damages:''' If the accident wasn’t your fault (or only partly your fault), you also have the right to “damages” for your pain and suffering, lost past and future wages, future care, out-of-pocket expenses and other losses. This is called a “tort” claim. These damages aim to put an injured person, who didn’t cause the accident, in the same position they would have been in had the accident not happened (as far as money can do this). | #'''Damages:''' If the accident wasn’t your fault (or only partly your fault), you also have the right to “damages” for your pain and suffering, lost past and future wages, future care, out-of-pocket expenses and other losses. This is called a “tort” claim. These damages aim to put an injured person, who didn’t cause the accident, in the same position they would have been in had the accident not happened (as far as money can do this). | ||
