01 Nov Parmar v. Lahay

             THE COURT:  This is an application pursuant to Rule 9‑7 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules.  This Action involves a motor vehicle accident on October 6, 2010.  I find that the special damages are $120.  There is no claim for loss of wages or any future loss of capacity.  The sole question is the quantum of the non-pecuniary damages which should be awarded....

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31 Oct Milliken v. Rowe

             The plaintiff, Kerry Milliken, was injured in a motor vehicle accident on August 20, 2007, in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast near her home in Gibsons, British Columbia....

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26 Oct Deol v. Veach

             In this action the plaintiff, Mr. Sarup Deol, seeks damages arising from injuries he sustained when the bicycle he was riding collided with a vehicle driven by the defendant, Mr. Brian Veach....

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25 Oct Cariglino v. Okuda

             The plaintiff claims damages for injuries and loss sustained in a motor vehicle collision which occurred August 12, 2008 at Mary Hill Bypass and Kingsway, Port Coquitlam, B.C....

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21 Oct Paradis v. Gill

             This is a personal injury action.  Ms. Elizabeth Amanda Paradis was in a motor vehicle accident on December 24, 2007 at the intersection of 134th St. and 81B Ave., in Surrey, B.C. (the “Accident”).  This proceeding was brought under Rule 15-1 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules....

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21 Oct Hsu v. Williams

             This action arises from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on March 16, 2007, near the intersection of Granville Street and 41st Avenue, in Vancouver, B.C. (the “Accident”). ...

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20 Oct Dillon v. Montgomery

             At the conclusion of submissions, I dismissed the defendants’ application for an order that the plaintiff attend an independent medical examination with Dr. Alexander Moll. The application was brought on short notice given that the examination was scheduled for October 3, 2011....

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17 Oct Gilbert v. Bottle

             On March 8, 2005 the plaintiff, Ricci Lynn Gilbert, was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Williams Lake, British Columbia.  She was a passenger in the backseat of a vehicle driven by the defendant, Anthony Bottle, and owned by the defendant, Steven Whitford, when the accident occurred.  Mr. Bottle was impaired by alcohol when he approached a corner too quickly and lost control of the vehicle, which spun across the roadway and came to rest suspended off the ground against a fence.  Ms. Gilbert, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the rear hatch window and found unconscious on the ground below....

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14 Oct Danicek v. Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang

             This is a dispute about the costs to be awarded arising from a trial.  It is complicated because it was a long and complex trial; three actions were consolidated for trial; there were two phases of the trial, the first for liability and damages and the second for issues of insurance coverage; there were a number of offers to settle; and a number of aspects of the dispute were in fact settled.THE BACKGROUND...

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13 Oct Sidhu v. Hiebert

             There are three actions, brought on behalf of three infant plaintiffs, all arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Arshdeep Singh Sidhu, the most seriously injured of the plaintiffs, claims damages against his parents Balwinder Kaur Sidhu and Rajvinder Singh Sidhu, the driver and owner, respectively, of the vehicle in which he rode as a passenger; against Mr. Hiebert, the driver of the vehicle that collided with his parents’ vehicle; and against Mr. Rattan, who is alleged to have hosted a party at which Mr. Hiebert became drunk just before the accident....

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