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Your claim for damages is called a '''tort''' claim. A tort is a civil wrong committed by one person against another for which the law will give a remedy. The damages aim to put an injured person who didn’t cause the accident in the same position they would have been in if the accident had not happened (as far as money can do this). | Your claim for damages is called a '''tort''' claim. A tort is a civil wrong committed by one person against another for which the law will give a remedy. The damages aim to put an injured person who didn’t cause the accident in the same position they would have been in if the accident had not happened (as far as money can do this). | ||
===ICBC will typically offer an amount to resolve your claim=== | ===ICBC will typically offer an amount to resolve your claim=== | ||
ICBC will typically offer you money to settle or resolve your claim — if it decides you were not at fault for the accident. | ICBC will typically offer you money to settle or resolve your claim — if it decides you were not at fault for the accident. | ||
