Personal Injury
Scott Parks has practiced law for over 25 years, with extensive personal injury and medical malpractice experience. Mr. Parks is board-certified in Civil Trial Practice by The Florida Bar, and has had over 30 jury trials in personal injury cases.
Since 1990, numerous Canadians have recovered huge settlements for their automobile accidents in the United States, especially in California, Arizona, and Florida.
In 1991, an AMTRAK train carrying hundred of passengers from Canada and the United States travelled close to 100 mph in a 30 mph curve and demolished a house before turning on its side. Mr. Parks tried the cases in federal court in Florida and won.
In 1994 a silicone tubing product made in Germany, England, and the United States was in a woman's vein and became stuck inside her heart after it travelled inside her body.
In April of 2006, a prominent northeastern United States university settled the last of a series of medical negligence claims on a laboratory mistake in a university hospital that had devastating affects on families in Canada and the United States. The families were represented exclusively by Scott Parks and resolved their claim by a large cash settlement. The claims were for negligent genetic testing and were for wrongful birth. The test results of a CVS and amniocentesis were reported wrong. The parents had the children after being told the genetic test showed a normal fetus.
In 2008, a settlement was reached for a Arizona accident in the death of a Canadian women killed by a negligent product on a motor vehicle.
Most recently, a United States investor retained the firm to recover after $12 million was invested worldwide into a British scheme using the British Virgin Islands as the incorporation site to defraud the investors in England.
Commonly, in personal injury, there is much more money than what is apparent. For example, a BC or other Canadian resident's uninsured motorist protections (UMP) coverage protects car accidents that occur in the US. This means that if the insurance coverage in the United States is not sufficient to satisfy the claim, one can claim any shortfall from ICBC (through proceedings in BC) or private insurance companies for other provinces like Alberta and Ontario. Therefore, if a California, Florida, or Arizona motorist only has $15,000 in coverage but has inflicted $1 million in damages, the additional $985,000 can be claimed against UMP coverage from ICBC or the Alberta or Ontario private insurer, whatever the case may be.