On October 24, 2010, the plaintiff, Ms. Zary, injured her right knee when she fell in a washroom located in the Granville Island Public Market (the Market). Ms. Zary has commenced this action seeking to recover damages for the injury she suffered....
These are companion applications....
This case involves claims and counterclaims arising from an altercation between the parties which occurred during the late evening of April 24, 2011 at a residence located at 10708 Farms Road in Mission, BC. The parties recount radically different versions of the same event and the Court is required to determine the veracity and reliability of the evidence provided by the key witnesses....
This action, in which damages were claimed for breach of duties under the Occupiers Liability Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 337, resulted in an equal division of liability between plaintiff and defendant, with the plaintiffs damages assessed at $250,182.38 before apportionment for contributory negligence. The reasons for these results can be found at 2015 BCSC 26....
The plaintiff, Mr. Khoury, slipped and fell while visiting VanDusen Botanical Garden (the Garden) on November 19, 2011. He hurt his shoulder, which he says has interfered with his ability to earn income from his occupation, long haul trucking. He sues the owners and operators of the Garden, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and the City of Vancouver (collectively, the defendants) in negligence and under the Occupiers Liability Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 337 [OLA]. He says they did not do enough to protect patrons of the Garden from snow and ice hazards....
This is an application on behalf of Mr. Munday, the defendant in this motor vehicle personal injury action, to have the plaintiff, Ms. Lloyd, undergo independent medical examinations by three practitioners: a physiatrist, an orthopaedic surgeon, and a psychiatrist....
THE COURT:Introduction...
The defendant, Patrick Smith has applied in this action under Rule 9-7 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009 for a summary trial dismissing the claim against him by the plaintiff for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident which occurred on May 20, 2010. The plaintiff does not take issue with the appropriateness of this issue being determined on a summary trial....
On May 11, 2011, the plaintiff, Beverly Tenhunen, slipped and fell on a ramp outside a home rented by her daughter, the defendant, Kim Tenhunen. Beverly Tenhunen brings this action for damages flowing from injuries she suffered in the fall....
For Jim Davies, riding a bicycle is as natural as breathing and walking. He has been doing so for over six decades, as a Canadian national and international athlete in his youth and as a way of life ever since. He seems not only to love to ride a bicycle; he lives to ride a bicycle....