This case involved a motor vehicle accident which occurred on October 9, 2008. The plaintiff was a taxi driver driving his taxi. He was stopped at a red light at the corner of Willingdon and Halifax in Burnaby. His vehicle was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by one of the defendants and owned by the other. Liability for the collision was admitted. The trial involved the assessment of damages for the injuries suffered by the plaintiff in the motor vehicle accident.Facts...
On October 3, 2003, the plaintiff Rebecca Field, then a seven-year-old girl, was returning home from ballet class with her mother. Their car was struck by a semi-trailer truck and dragged for a distance along the highway. Liability is admitted. The only issue before me is the assessment of damages....
This action is the result of an accident that occurred around 10:00 p.m. on July 5, 2005. At that time the plaintiff was driving a 2000 Freightliner tractor-truck (without trailer) on Front Street approaching Begbie Street in New Westminster when the plaintiffs vehicle was hit by a Hummer (a truck-like sports utility vehicle) driven by the defendant, Mr. Moorhead. The accident resulted in the plaintiffs tractor-truck sustaining approximately $10,000 in damage, primarily to the right front side....
Dagan Nish claims damages for personal injury arising out of two motor vehicle accidents: the first on January 27, 2010 and the second on March 30, 2010. Mr. Nish claims for non-pecuniary damages, past loss of income, loss of income-earning capacity, special damages, and cost of future care....
The plaintiff, Xiao Jia (Jessie) Yang, was a backseat passenger in the family car driven by her husband in Burnaby, B.C., on the rainy night of April 14, 2011, when it was struck by a vehicle driven by the defendant, Jin Engen, in the middle of an intersection in which Ms. Yangs husband had the right of way....
THE COURT: This is an application by the plaintiff for an order that the jury notice filed by the defendants on January 3, 2014, be declared a nullity and that the trial proceed by judge alone....
THE COURT: This is an application by the defendant for an order that the plaintiff submit to an independent medical examination (IME) with Ms. Earle in order to respond to the cost of future care assessment made by the plaintiff's expert, Ms. Edwards....
Georgia Anne Abbott claims damages for personal injuries she suffered in a car accident on January 3, 2008. Ms. Abbotts car was rear-ended by a car driven by the defendant, Mary Gerges. Liability has been admitted....
The plaintiff XY, LLC (XY) owns valuable technology and intellectual property relating to the making of sexed bull semen which allows the production of calves of a certain sex, usually cows. This semen is produced using what are called cytometers. In this and earlier litigation, the central issue has revolved around efforts of XY to protect its rights to this technology and allegations as to the use (or misuse) of this technology by the various defendants....
The plaintiff Maureen Adkin claims damages for personal injuries which she sustained as the result of the motor vehicle accident which occurred on September 3, 2010, in Nanaimo. At about 3 oclock that afternoon, the plaintiff was driving her 1987 Toyota Tercel east on Mostar Road. She was alone in her vehicle. She was travelling on an uphill grade, behind one or more vehicles that were approaching an intersection controlled by traffic lights. The traffic light for eastbound traffic turned yellow, and the plaintiff slowed down, as did the cars ahead of her. The defendant Charles Grant was following behind the plaintiffs vehicle. He was driving a 2001 Ford pickup truck. The front of the defendants truck collided with the back end of the plaintiffs car. The plaintiff applied her brakes so as not to run into the vehicle ahead of her, and managed to stop in time....