THE COURT: At the end of trial, during closing submissions, the plaintiff has applied to anonymize his name in any published judgment. This is a case in which the plaintiff is suing for damages for injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident....
The plaintiff suffered injuries when her car was struck from behind in three separate accidents on December 14, 2010, February 3, 2011 and September 20, 2011. None of the collisions ought to be characterized as violent. The plaintiff described the first impact as moderate, the second as a nudge and the third as moderate. Nevertheless the plaintiff complains of serious and partially disabling injuries.Plaintiffs Background...
This is an assessment of damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff Ashraf Rajan in three motor vehicle accidents. The plaintiff is a 44-year-old operating room nurse. She is married and has two children, a 14-year-old boy, and an 11-year-old daughter....
This is an assessment of costs related to two separate motor vehicle accidents which occurred on December 15, 2010, and June 14, 2011. It was agreed that both actions would be heard at the same time and a consent order to that effect was filed. Both actions were eventually settled for a global amount....
This case arises as a result of a motor vehicle collision that occurred in the intersection of West 41st Avenue and Oak Street in the City of Vancouver on May 26, 2010....
The plaintiff, on April 29, 2011, was a busy, active, and healthy 18-year-old sitting as the front seat passenger in a 1970 Volkswagen Beetle, when the defendant, in a 2003 Ford Explorer, ran into the front left-hand side of her vehicle. Liability has been admitted. The plaintiff claims she received two injuries from the accident: she fractured five of her left lower ribs, more particularly the 8th to the 12th rib of the left chest wall, for which the defendant has accepted responsibility. The second alleged injury of consequence was to her lower back at L4/5 and L5/S1. The defendant submits that this latter injury was not caused by the accident.BACKGROUND...
Martha Kuras was injured on May 19, 2010, when the car she was driving was rear-ended on West 4th Avenue in Vancouver, B.C., after she slowed or came to a stop to allow a parked vehicle to pull out in front of her. The impact was minor in its force, the cost to repair Ms. Kurass vehicle only about $800. The defendant admits liability for the accident....
These are applications for directions brought pursuant to Rule 14-1(7)(a) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009 [Civil Rules]. The issue requires a consideration of Rule 14-1(1)(f)(i)(ii), which reads as follows:(1) If costs are payable to a party under these Supreme Court Civil Rules or by order, those costs must be assessed as party and party costs in accordance with Appendix B unless any of the following circumstances exist: (f) subject to subrule (10) of this rule,(i) the only relief granted in the action is one or more of money, and the plaintiff recovers a judgment in which the total value of the relief granted is $100,000 or less, exclusive of interest and costs,(ii) in which event, Rule 15-1(15) to (17) applies to the action unless the court orders otherwise....
On January 2, 2006, a motor vehicle accident occurred between two vehicles at what I will call the south end of the Pattullo Bridge in Surrey, British Columbia. One of the vehicles was a silver 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by Gurtej Aulakh (the Aulakh Vehicle), and the other vehicle was a blue 2000 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Tatyana Matyash (the Matyash Vehicle)....
This is an assessment of costs with respect to a motor vehicle accident that occurred on August 16, 2009, when the plaintiff was side-swiped and subsequently rear-ended as she was pulling over to exchange particulars. Liability was admitted. Trial was scheduled to take place January 20 to 29, 2014. The case settled on January 6, 2014, for $200,000 plus taxable costs and disbursements. A complicating factor was the existence of an unrepresented defendant....