The issue of liability for the injuries suffered by the plaintiff when she fell on April 1, 2008, is to be decided. Counsel agree that if there is liability, all the defendants are liable except for MVT Canadian Bus, Inc., against which the action was discontinued before trial....
The parties in this personal action have each brought applications before the court for determination....
This is an application by the defendants, Beacon Community Services Society and Rickey Gordon Fonger, to strike a claim by the plaintiff, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia. The Province is seeking to recover health care costs from the defendant insurers. The question is whether the Province is out of time....
An issue has arisen with respect to the costs to be awarded following judgment in this action. Judgment was handed down August 15, 2011, 2011 BCSC 1108, although an order flowing from the judgment has not yet been entered....
THE COURT: This claim has been brought by the infant plaintiff as a result of a head injury she suffered when she fell from a staircase while visiting the home of the defendant, Margaret Banfield....
The plaintiff seeks a determination of liability in this personal injury case. The trial of quantum has been adjourned pending this ruling.I...
This case involves a claim on two disability insurance policies....
The trial of this action was heard on May 19, 2011. On August 3, 2011, I issued Reasons for Judgment in relation to this personal injury lawsuit. The only issue at trial was the assessment of damages; liability for negligence having been admitted by the defendants some time earlier. I awarded the plaintiff special damages of $910.56 and general damages of $18,000 for a total award of $18,910.56. I declined to award compensation for past lost of income, loss or impairment of the capacity to earn income in future, or future care....
This is a personal injury proceeding in which the defendant numbered company applies under Rule 7-1 for production of Worksafe BC (WBC) records for Mr. Burgess for the period January 1, 2000 to August 18, 2005. The application is opposed by Mr. Burgess.BACKGROUND...
On September 9, 2003, Ms. Tran went to shop in a store called Secret Nail and Beauty Supply. She wanted to buy some supplies, including some acetone, for a manicure and pedicure business she ran. Ms. Tran picked up a gallon plastic jug of acetone and placed it on the counter so that she could pay for it. Somehow the jug fell from the counter. Its contents leaked on the floor. Ms. Tran slipped and fell on the acetone. She injured her lower back. At first it did not seem to be serious. But she did not recover from her injury and some months later had surgery to relieve pressure on a nerve that was causing pain to radiate down her leg. The surgery was, at best, only partially successful. Ms. Tran continues to have back problems that limit her ability to work....