18 Apr Gonzales v. Voskakis
This motor vehicle case resulted in a modest award in favour of the plaintiff, Jennifer Gonzales, after a 12-day trial. Reasons were issued on February 13, 2013: Gonzales v. Voskakis, 2013 BCSC 215 (the Reasons)....
18 Apr Nelson v. Coyle
THE COURT: The plaintiff, Chastity Nelson, seeks damages for injuries sustained in three car accidents. The defendants, Messrs. Erwin, Coyle, and Chapman, admit liability for the accidents. In issue are, first, the effect of the injuries caused by the defendants' negligence and, second, the quantum of damages.BACKGROUND...
16 Apr Friebel v. Omelchenko
THE COURT: This ruling follows an application by the defence to limit the scope of the area of expertise for which Dr. John McNeill, one of the plaintiff's experts, is entitled to offer expert opinion evidence.Introduction...
15 Apr Radjenovic v. Bains
These actions arise out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on October 31, 2008 on West 11th Avenue in Vancouver. One vehicle, exiting from a parking stall, was struck by another which was proceeding in the same direction. The only issue is liability. Did the driver of the one vehicle pull out into the travelled portion of the roadway when it was unsafe to do so, or was the driver of the approaching vehicle driving too fast and without due care and attention so that he failed to see the exiting vehicle?I. BACKGROUND...
12 Apr Sahota v. Ho
The plaintiff, Prabraj Sahota, was injured in a motor vehicle accident (the accident), on September 29, 2001, at the intersection of Garden City Road and Cambie Street, in the City of Richmond, British Columbia, while riding as a rear seat passenger in a motor vehicle owned and operated by his father, Rajinder Singh Sahota, the Guardian Ad Litem. Liability for the accident is admitted....
10 Apr Wattar v. Lu
The plaintiffs and the defendants cars collided at the intersection of First Avenue and Rupert Street in Vancouver on January 6, 2010. Both liability and damages are in issue. The parties agree that they collided as the plaintiff was driving through the intersection and the defendant was making a left turn. They agree on very little else....
08 Apr Schenker v. Scott
On July 17, 2009, the plaintiff, Sarah Schenker, was riding as a front seat passenger in a van owned and operated by the defendant, Lianne Margaret Scott. Ms. Scott and Ms. Schenker were travelling to Vancouver on the Trans Canada Highway (the Highway), near Lytton, British Columbia, when Ms. Scotts vehicle left the Highway, went over an embankment to a road below, and then rolled down another embankment, landing close to the railway tracks (the accident)....
03 Apr Gillam v. Wiebe
This is an assessment of damages in relation to personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff, Jennifer Gillam, in a motor vehicle accident that occurred February 26, 2009. Liability for the accident is admitted by the defendants....
03 Apr Wiebe v. Douglas
By notice of application filed October 24, 2012, the defendant sought orders for disclosure, together with costs in any event of the cause. The orders sought in the notice of application, Part 1, paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 5 were resolved between the plaintiff and the defendant. The order sought in Part 1, paragraph 2 of the notice of application is as follows:2. BC Ambulance Service shall make available for examination, on a mutually agreeable date and time, the employees identified on the Patient Care Report, as employee #76561 with the initials LE and employee #49322, initials DR, being the driver and ambulance attendant who attended the scene of the subject accident....
02 Apr Payne v. Ufimzeff
The plaintiff, Janice Payne, was injured in a motor vehicle accident on February 12, 2010. Liability is admitted; at issue is the assessment of damages.The Accident...