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Dan Shugarman was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1994.

Dan's practice involves general insurance litigation and personal injury matters with a significant emphasis on catastrophic injury, products liability, and complex machinery failure claims. Dan has significant court experience in the British Columbia Supreme Court and has appeared before the British Columbia Court of Appeal. He has participated in numerous mediations, successfully resolving complex multi-party products liability claims, sexual abuse claims and catastrophic injury claims.

Dan's defence work includes successfully defending a coverage dispute which arose out of a double homicide, suicide and fire. He has defended products liability claims involving a runaway reservoir, automotive brake assembly, door hinge assembly, playground equipment, UPS systems for pulp mills, boiler machinery and much more. He has also been successful in the prosecution of personal injury claims with complex causation issues including a multi million dollar medical malpractice claim.

Dan has written numerous papers including: An Overview of the Worker's Compensation Act; An Overview for the Out-of-Province Auto Insurer; Fact Gathering and the Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; The Family Compensation Act - A Case Study (Wrongful death Claims); Notice to Mediate Guidelines - a Legislative Overview and a Summary of Changes to the Occupier's Liability Act; and most recently, Product Liability Claims, Basic Principles of Products Liability Law in Canada and the U.S.

Education
LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1993
B.Comm., Deans List, University of Alberta, 1989

Professional Memberships and Activities
Professional Memberships and Activities
Called to the British Columbia Bar in 1994
Member of the Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch
Executive Member of the Canadian Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
Former President of the Canadian Bar Association, Construction Section
Former Executive, Vancouver Bar Association, British Columbia
Member of the Canadian Bar Association Alternate Dispute Resolution Section
Member of the Canadian Bar Association Insurance Law Section
Member of the Trial Lawyers' Association of British Columbia