“I am unable to presume that ICBC will conduct itself honourably,” judge says in ruling.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed ICBC’s attempt to reduce an injured driver’s $400,000 award by a third and ordered the public insurer to pay her upfront for physiotherapy, citing “egregious conduct” in how her claims for treatment were handled.
The delays in payment were “consistent with how ICBC has handled this claim. It waits until a lawyer or the court is involved before it fulfils its obligations,” she wrote. ICBC had applied at a January hearing to reduce Taylor’s award by $137,000 in exchange for a promise to pay for physio and other future care costs on an as-needed basis under that act, according to the judgment.
But Murray rejected that: “Based on the consistent conduct of ICBC toward Ms. Taylor since her accident, I am unable to presume that ICBC will conduct itself honourably moving forward.”
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