17 Jun SCK Motor Company Limited v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiffs in Action S112854, SCK Motor Company and Linda Lee Evans, and the plaintiff in Action M137516, Ocean Park Ford Sales Ltd. seek, among other things, declarations that they are entitled to insurance coverage by the defendants Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) and Canadian Direct Insurance Incorporated (CDI). In this summary trial in respect of both actions, the defendants have applied for a declaration that the plaintiffs are not entitled to insurance coverage and they seek to have the claims dismissed under Rule 9-7(15) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules....

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17 Jun Dunn v. Lee

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             THE COURT:  The defendants make a number of applications, including number 3, as follows:The plaintiff directly provide or authorize production to the defendants within 14 days of this hearing a copy of all WorkSafe BC policies held by him personally or by Gardens Dunn pertaining to his WorkSafe BC insurance coverage as of the date of October 16, 2013....

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16 Jun Renaerts v. Renaerts

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff is a 24-year-old woman injured in a motor vehicle accident on June 12, 2009, at the intersection of Kingsway and Slocan Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. The defendant driver of the car in which the plaintiff was the right front seat passenger admits liability. The driver ran a red light and “T-boned” the other car in the intersection; the impact spinning their car around and into a streetlight standard. The plaintiff wore her seatbelt. She had no airbag on her side of the car....

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15 Jun Gaudreault v. Gobeil

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             THE COURT:  Following a six-day trial, I released reasons for judgment on this motor vehicle accident damages assessment on March 31, 2015: Gaudreault v. Gobeil, 2015 BCSC 483. The award was as follows: Non-pecuniary damages $75,000 Past loss of earning capacity $30,000 Future loss of earning capacity $125,000 Cost of future care $18,236 Special damages $8,186 TOTAL $256,422...

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10 Jun Buckle v. Raworth

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

            The plaintiff Margaret Buckle claims damages for injuries she sustained on July 21, 2012 when she was the front seat passenger in a 1990 Ford Tempo driven by her husband Leonard Buckle. Mr. Buckle was stopped behind four other vehicles on 24th Avenue and 163rd Street, in Surrey, waiting for the front vehicle to make a left hand turn, when the driver behind them failed to stop and they were “banged from behind”, with a fairly hard jolt. Mr. Buckle’s vehicle was written off. As liability for the accident is admitted, the only issue is damages.background...

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10 Jun Narayan v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

            The plaintiff, Shanal Narayan, was involved in a motor vehicle collision with a taxi cab driven by Lakhvir Singh Sanghera. The plaintiff was driving his 1991 Chevrolet Sprint, which was insured by the defendant, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (“ICBC”). The plaintiff reported the accident to his insurer and in so doing made a number of statements regarding the circumstances of the collision. ICBC refused to pay the plaintiff’s claim for damage to his vehicle, alleging the plaintiff made a number of wilful false statements about material issues surrounding the accident....

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09 Jun Hajikolai v. Lewis

Posted at 13:59h in Motor Vehicle Accident

            This action arises out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred February 8, 2011 (the "2011 accident").  The plaintiff, Ramezan Ali Salehi Hajikolai, was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by the defendant Daniel Lewis with the permission of the vehicle's owner, the defendant Chanel Ann Lewis....

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09 Jun Villing v. Husseni

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             THE COURT:  These reasons for judgment are being presented orally, and in the event a transcript of the reasons is ordered, I am reserving without limitation my right to edit same, not only as to matters of grammar and syntax but also where I judge it necessary or desirable to elaborate upon or amplify what I am about to say.  Needless to say nothing will change the result....

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