12 Sep Miles v. Kumar

             On the morning of October 20, 2007, Sapna Seema Kumar was the driver and lone occupant of a car travelling eastbound along Grandview Highway in Vancouver. As Ms Kumar neared Slocan Street she struck Sky Miles. Mr. Miles was riding a bicycle at the time, and just prior to the collision he had moved into Ms Kumar’s lane of travel in preparation for a left turn onto Slocan Street....

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10 Sep Brownrigg v. Tamburri

             THE COURT:  This is an application to add two defendants under Rule 6‑2(7).  This involved a boating accident in 2002, when one of the present named defendants, Stephen Tamburri, was operating a jet boat, and his friend, the plaintiff, Mr. Brownrigg, was a passenger on the boat.  Apparently the jet craft crashed into a tree, resulting in rather severe injuries to Mr. Brownrigg....

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06 Sep Rezaei v. Leland

             This is a trial relating to damages only, liability having been determined separately before Mr. Justice Myers in March 2011. The defendant was held liable for the accident.The Accident...

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05 Sep Dhaliwal v. Nuff

             The plaintiff applies pursuant to R. 3-2 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules for an order that the writ of summons and statement of claim filed March 31, 2006, be renewed for a period of two months....

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04 Sep British Columbia v. Opel

             Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia (“Province”) has appealed the decision of Judge Dohm dated July 31, 2012 in the Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia v. Opel, Provincial Court Action No. C62487, Nanaimo Registry (“Dohm Decision”). The Province’s appeal was heard at the same time as the appeal by Translink  (“Translink Appeal”) of the decision of Judge Wingham dated June 21, 2012 in Translink v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia, Provincial Court Action No. 1029231, Vancouver Registry (“Wingham Decision”). The hearing of the appeals occupied two days....

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03 Sep Dent v. Young

             Mr. Daroyl Dent (“the plaintiff”) was the only passenger in a pickup truck owned and driven by his wife, Evie Vollman Dent, when the truck was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Mr. Glenn Young (“the defendant”) on the evening of June 12, 2010. The plaintiff was in the front passenger seat of the truck at the time and was wearing his seat belt. The accident occurred when the truck was stopped facing northbound on 200th Street in Langley, BC, waiting to make a left turn into the driveway of a residence belonging to their friend, Mr. McMartin. The plaintiff, Ms. Dent and Mr. McMartin who observed the collision from nearby, all described a collision of considerable force. The truck was pushed across the southbound lanes. Items came loose and flew about in the cab, including a radio that struck the plaintiff in the head....

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