Rovinelli v Collins

Decided: 2026-10-27. Docket: CA50995. Citation: 2026 BCCA 419 (CanLII). Insurance — Claims handling — ICBC adjuster correspondence — “Without prejudice” email signatures — Routine handling of personal injury claims communications — Invitation to discuss settlement and obtain medical authorisation — Explicit denial of admission of liability on insured’s behalf — Some liability not acknowledged — Appeal dismissed | Limitation periods — Acknowledgment — Limitation Act, s. 24(1) and s. 24(6) — Whether emails could be construed as acknowledgment resetting limitation period — Reasonable person test, “some liability” required — Ryan v Moore, Trombley v Pannu applied — Emails not clear and unequivocal acknowledgment — Claim dismissed | Statutory interpretation — Precedent — Trombley v Pannu and Po