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Our firm has collected and organized a number of personal injury court decisions in a publicly-accessible database, for use as a resource by law students, other lawyers and firms, as well as the general public. This database will include some of our firm’s results, as well as results from many other lawyers. For information about results from this firm only, please click here.

The British Columbia Supreme Court and the British Columbia Court of Appeal are the sources for all of the cases in this database; these cases are not official versions of the material produced, and were not made in affiliation with or the endorsement of the British Columbia Superior Courts.




Cheal v. Douglass

             The Swiftsure defendants seek the following orders:1.  The plaintiff’s claim against the defendants Ethan Peter Douglass, Rochelle Lamothe, 467174 B.C. Ltd, and the said 467174 B.C. Ltd. carrying on business as the Swiftsure Lounge (collectively the "Swiftsure Defendants") be amended to remove a cause of action of:a.  defamation, andb.  false imprisonment;2.  The plaintiff be barred from proceeding against the defendants Ethan Peter Douglass, Rochelle Lamothe, 467174 B.C. Ltd. and the said 467174 B.C. Ltd. carrying on business as the Swiftsure Lounge for both defamation and false imprisonment;3.  The plaintiff’s claim against the defendants Ethan Peter Douglass, Rochelle Lamothe, 467174 B.C. Ltd. and the said 467174 B.C. Ltd. carrying on business as the Swiftsure Lounge be dismissed; and4.  The style of cause be amended to remove the defendants Ethan Peter Douglass, Rochelle Lamothe, 467174 B.C. Ltd. and the said 467174 B.C. Ltd. carrying on business as the Swiftsure Lounge; and5.  Costs....

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Hill v. Swayne

             In December 2009 the plaintiff was injured in a collision with a small Honda leaving the driveway of a residence adjacent to Champlain Crescent near Hollyhock Lane in Vancouver, B.C....

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Haworth v. Haworth

             The plaintiff seeks the following orders:1.       Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia be added as a defendant to the action;2.       Argo Road Maintenance (Thompson) Inc. be added as a defendant to the action;3.       the style of cause be amended accordingly;4.       the plaintiff be at liberty to file an Amended Notice of Civil Claim in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Notice of Application.Background...

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Pisani v. Pearce

             The plaintiff Asiyya Pisani was injured in a head on collision on December 29, 2009. Liability is admitted. The only issue is damages. Ms. Pisani was 20 years old at the time of the accident and a full time university student. She graduates from university this summer and will be working this fall at Ernst & Young as a staff accountant. Ms. Pisani continues to experience intermittent symptoms of pain arising from the accident. One of the issues relates to the extent her symptoms may impact on her plans to becoming a chartered accountant.A.    THE ACCIDENT...

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Cyr v. Blaine

             On June 6, 2012, following 2 ½ days of evidence and argument, I pronounced judgment on the issue of liability for a motor vehicle accident.  Quantum of damages had been agreed upon.  I found wholly in favour of the plaintiff.  The plaintiff now seeks double costs of all steps taken after delivery of an offer to settle on May 10, 2012....

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Moll v. Parmar

             This is an application by the defendant before me in my capacity as the assigned trial judge not to admit into evidence the report of the economist, Robert Carson, dated June 28, 2012, served July 3, 2012. The defendant opposes the admissibility of Mr. Carson's report on the following basis. First, it was not served within the time limits for serving expert evidence as per R. 11-6(3) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules. Secondly, the opinion regarding the value of the plaintiff's financial dependency on his wife, Zlata Moll is not relevant to any of the issues raised in the pleadings filed to date. In the alternative, the defendant seeks an order adjourning the trial....

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Fennell v. Hiebert

             This is a summary trial and all parties agree that the credibility of the plaintiff is not in issue....

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Hoy v. Harvey

             In the early evening of June 22, 2010, the plaintiff, Eric Hoy, was driving along West Georgia Street in Vancouver with his then girlfriend (now fiancée) Georgette Gutierrez in the passenger seat. They had come to a stop at a red light at Nicola Street....

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Trinden Enterprises Ltd. v. Ramsay

           In March 2002, Mr. Cocco, the principal of the plaintiff company, Trinden Enterprises Ltd. (“Trinden”), entered a contract to purchase two acres of vacant industrial land at 1368 Kingsway Avenue, Port Coquitlam. The defendant Mr. Ramsay refused to complete the sale in mid-May 2002. The plaintiff company sued for specific performance. In February 2004, Meiklem J. held that the plaintiff was entitled to damages and not specific performance. This decision is indexed at 2004 BCSC 226. An assessment of damages was overturned on appeal and led to this re-trial. I find that the plaintiffs are entitled to damages for the reasons that follow.The Parties...

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Sheikh v. Struys

           The plaintiff, Gohar Sheikh, and the defendant, Jason Struys, separately attended a Vancouver Canuck’s game in Vancouver in the evening of November 20, 2009. After the game, they both returned to a lot next to the hockey arena where they had parked their respective vehicles. They each then, along with many others who had attended the game, attempted to exit the parking lot to go home....

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Moll v. Parmar

             The plaintiff seeks to have the trial of this action heard by the court with a jury. The application was heard on July 12, 2012. It raises the issue as to whether under the Supreme Court Civil Rules, which came into effect on July 1, 2010, a party which did not file a jury notice may, nonetheless, rely on a jury notice filed by another party and secure a trial by jury by paying the required fees. In light of the pending trial date being August 13, 2012, I am delivering these oral reasons for judgment today. I reserve the right to edit these reasons although that process will not involve a change in the decision or in the reasoning....

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