27 Feb Shao v. Swanson

             This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on May 3, 2009. The action is set for trial for five days commencing June 17, 2013. In this application, the plaintiff seeks to have the question of liability determined summarily and submits that on the evidence, the defendant, Stuart Jerald Swanson (“Swanson”), is solely responsible for the accident....

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22 Feb Sekhon v. Nguyen

             The plaintiff, Harjiv Singh Sekhon, claims damages arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on March 18, 2006. Mr. Sekhon was 14 years old at the time of the accident. He was a middle seat passenger in a van driven by his aunt, Manjit Gill, that was struck from behind by the vehicle driven by the defendant, Dung Van Nguyen....

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22 Feb Kostecki v. Li

             This is an application by the defendant in this trial, Mr. Li, to reopen his case to prove that the plaintiff, Ms. Kostecki, who now goes by her married surname of Grace, gave oral statements to a neurologist and a physiotherapist that are said to be inconsistent with certain aspects of her direct evidence....

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20 Feb Chingcuangco v. Herback

             On September 15, 2008, the plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle she owned and which was being driven by her then boyfriend, the defendant Edgardo Lumjuco Rafael (“Rafael”).  At the intersection of 88th Avenue and 156th Street, Surrey, British Columbia, her vehicle collided with a vehicle owned and operated by the defendant Matthew Daniel Herback (“Herback”)....

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18 Feb Bulatovic v. Siebert

             The plaintiff seeks damages for neck pain and headaches she claims as a result of being hit by a vehicle driven by the defendant. The plaintiff was a pedestrian in a crosswalk on November 23, 2009. She was hit by the defendant’s car when, according to her, she had the right of way....

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15 Feb Schafer v. Whiteley

             In this trial, the plaintiff Natalie Krystle Schafer claims damages for personal injuries which she sustained as the result of a motor vehicle accident which occurred on May 5, 2010, in Nanaimo. The plaintiff alleges that the accident was caused solely by the negligent driving of the defendant Kaitlyn Whiteley. The claim against the defendant Karen Whiteley alleges vicarious liability on the ground that she was the registered owner of the vehicle being driven by Kaitlyn Whiteley. Both liability and damages are in issue.The Issue of LiabilityThe Accident...

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13 Feb Gonzales v. Voskakis

             On September 16, 2008, the plaintiff, Jennifer Gonzales, was in her vehicle waiting to enter onto a highway when she was rear-ended by the defendant, Stavros Voskakis. Both parties described the impact as slight or, as Ms. Gonzales particularly described it, a “minor fender bender”....

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08 Feb Jackson v. School District No. 53 (Okanagan Similkameen)

             On October 5, 2006, after classes at South Okanagan Secondary School (“the school”) had ended for the day, Makwalla Hall assaulted Tylor Jackson in a school corridor. The two boys were in the ninth grade at the time. The assault consisted of a single punch to the left side of Tylor’s head, causing him to fall backwards and strike his head on a window. Most unfortunately, Tylor sustained a traumatic brain injury from the blow and it has left him mentally and physically compromised....

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08 Feb Wan v. Smith Estate

             In this fast track personal injury claim the plaintiff applies for an order for “directions and/or settlement of the plaintiff's costs”.  The action is subject to rule 15-1 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules.Background...

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