ICBC Claims : Nelson, BC : Castlegar BC

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Lawyer Terry Napora has had over twenty years of experience in dealing with ICBC and other insurance companies. If you are injured in an accident, he can ensure that your rights are protected and you receive ALL the benefits you are entitled to.

Terry L. Napora

Terry Napora has twenty years experience as a trial lawyer representing mainly individuals, societies and small businesses. The main emphasis of his practice is personal injury, insurance claims and employment law. He has extensive experience in dealing with insurance companies, especially the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC).

Terry Napora is on the Board of Governors of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, and is a member of the Kootenay Bar Association, and the Law Society of British Columbia. He in active in the community, having sat on the Boards of various non-profit organizations including the Kootenay School of the Arts, the Nelson branch of the Boys and Girls Club and the West Kootenay Family and Child Care Services Society. He is currently active in the local Rotary Club, was appointed as a Commissioner for the Nelson and District Recreation Commission, and is a Board of Director for the West Kootenay Brain Injury Association.

What You Can Expect as Our Client

As a client of our firm you can expect regular communications and every effort to be made to resolve your matter in a positive and timely fashion.
We strive to let you know what is happening by regular communications whether in person, by telephone or e-mail and sending copies of all correspondence and documents. We will handle your legal matter in a cost effective and professional manner ensuring that you are fully informed of all options and a well thought out plan of action is crafted and implemented. We attempt to resolve all cases by settlement where possible, but if necessary we will provide strong representation in Court.

Good results take time to achieve. Insurance companies often tell injured people that if they hire a lawyer the claim will take longer. Insurance company statistics show that the longer a claim is open the more the insurance company ends up paying. Even after legal fees, a client often obtains a much greater amount with a lawyer than without a lawyer.

Delays also occur because of rules of procedures and delay inherent to court operations. We strive to move matters along as quickly as possible and try to provide accurate time estimates and explain the factors involved in the timing of a law suit.

Our main office is located at 608 Baker Street, Nelson, British Columbia, on the entire second floor. Our second office is located at 233 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar. We are pleased to meet our clients in our office boardroom or one of our meeting rooms. Our offices are equipped to accommodate mediations, discoveries, meetings and all party conferences. We thank you for visiting our website, and look forward to helping you.

Our office handles claims from accidents in British Columbia, other Canadian provinces, and the United States.

In addition to ICBC claims, our law office handles claims for all types of accidents and injuries in British Columbia, Canada and the United States. For more information, please see our Accident-Injury website.

You will always get FAST, FRIENDLY HELP at our law office:

You will receive a free initial consultation with an experienced lawyer.
If you cannot come to our offices in Nelson or Castlegar, British Columbia, we can meet with you in the hospital or at your home.
If you need medical care but cannot pay for it or have no health or accident insurance, we can help you find a SKILLED M.D. or other MEDICAL SPECIALIST to document the nature and extent of your injuries.
You will always be treated with respect. Your phone calls will be returned as soon as possible and you will be kept fully informed every step of the way.
Lawyer fees will be paid only from the award or settlement we obtain for you. In the rare case that there is no award or settlement, there is no fee.
Terry Napora will give you honest, realistic advice about your case. He’ll answer your questions, explain your rights to you, and tell you what you can reasonably expect from ICBC, other insurance companies and the legal system.
Our loyalties are to you. We don’t work for ICBC or other insurance companies. We work only for the people who have suffered loss or injury. Because we do not work for ICBC we can defend and advise you on various legal steps that can be taken if ICBC is not fair and prompt in settling your claim—unlike ICBC’s own lawyers, who cannot do this.
We are helpful, courteous, and dedicated to making sure you receive the best possible service throughout your case. We have a working relationship with ICBC and other insurance companies and with practitioners and specialists necessary to determine the nature and extent of your injuries and properly treat them.

ICBC and other insurance companies start gathering information to use against you immediately after the accident. Let us put our skill, experience, and inside knowledge to work for you. Please call us at 250-352-3321, or toll free at 1-800-579-5338, to speak to Terry Napora. We look forward to helping you.