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On the evening of November 15, 2008, the plaintiff, Jennifer Ward, was a standing passenger on a Coast Mountain transit bus. The bus came to a sudden halt throwing several passengers, including Ms. Ward, to the floor of the bus. She landed on her back....
This is an application for double costs brought by successful defendants after trial. The defendants submit that they are entitled to double costs after November 29, 2006, the date on which they served a formal offer to settle under the then existing Rule. The formal offer was made under old Rule 37 and did not include an expiry date. It was an offer to settle this proceeding for the sum of $5,000 and costs....
The issue is whether the plaintiff and an authorized representative of the defendant entered into a binding settlement of this action. The defendant pled the following in its amended statement of defence:16. In further answer to the whole of the Statement of Claim, the Defendant pleads accord and satisfaction and says that on or about December 16, 2010, the Plaintiff entered into a Settlement Agreement with counsel for the Defendant wherein the Plaintiff agreed to accept the sum of $1,400 in full satisfaction of this claim....
The plaintiff claims damages arising from a motor vehicle accident which occurred on May 31, 2005, when his taxi cab collided with a vehicle owned by the defendant Xuyen Thi Kim Pham (Pham) and driven by the defendant Yi San Chen (Chen). Liability and damages are in dispute.2.0 The Accident:...
The plaintiff, Ms. Murdoch (a pedestrian), was injured when she was struck by the defendants 2003 Honda CRV. She alleges she was walking or running, she cant remember which, across Blanshard Street, in a marked crosswalk at the intersection of Blanshard Street and Saanich Road in Victoria, British Columbia when she was struck. She admits that the vehicles proceeding southbound on Blanshard Street had the green light, which means that the plaintiff would have been crossing on a red light for pedestrians....
The plaintiff, Sukhjit Sooch, was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Kelowna, British Columbia on October 6, 2006 (the Accident)....
On February 9, 2009, the plaintiff, Lindsay Guthrie, was travelling as the front seat passenger in a vehicle driven by her friend Krista Kobitzsch. Their vehicle was rear ended by a van driven by the defendant, Deo Narayan. Mr. Narayan has admitted liability for the accident. The action against Ms. Kobitzsch has been discontinued. The issues at trial are limited to assessing the damages to which Ms. Guthrie is entitled.OVERVIEW...
This is an assessment of the plaintiffs bill of costs. The bill of costs follows settlement of a claim for injuries she suffered in a motor vehicle accident which occurred on October 10, 2004. From submissions made before me, it would appear that the defendant, Van Loc Nguyen, while his ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired, drove through a red light and t-boned the vehicle being driven by the plaintiff. From submissions made to me and from a review of some of the expert reports provided to me, the plaintiff may have been rendered unconscious, suffered significant injuries and largely recovered. As a result of her own abilities, she minimized the impact of her injuries on her future earnings....
The plaintiff, Chase Patrick Hahn, seeks damages for injuries that he sustained in a motor vehicle accident on June 16, 1998. The plaintiff was five years of age at the time of the accident which occurred in the city of Dawson Creek, British Columbia....
THE COURT: This is an application by the defendant in this personal injury claim for an order that the plaintiff be examined by an ear, nose, and throat specialist, Dr. Bell. That examination, the defendant says, should be preceded by balance testing at a unit of the Vancouver General Hospital, where they are currently equipped to do the balance testing....
At the Case Planning Conference in these matters two questions arose and I took the unusual step of reserving on them. Broadly speaking Mr. Pettit for the defendant Norlander requests an order directing the plaintiff to deliver particulars of special damages to date. In the other action Mr. Alma seeks directions under Rule 5-3(1) that the plaintiff ...
The plaintiff, Dale Currie, was rear-ended in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on September 14, 2006, on Highway 1, near Sawmill Creek, north of Yale, B.C. Mr. Currie asserts that he suffered a number of injuries as a result of the accident, including to his neck and back, and that he continues to suffer the effects of these injuries as of the date of trial, more than five years after the accident. He seeks both non-pecuniary and pecuniary damages, including damages for loss of income and loss of future earning capacity....