07 Oct Farbatuk v. Lagrimas

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             On December 24, 2011, in Richmond, B.C., the plaintiff was rear-ended while at a full stop on Highway 91. The defendant has admitted liability for the accident and the plaintiff claims compensation commensurate with a severe whiplash, together with damages for loss of past and future earnings from his 25 years of employment at Scott Paper Mill (now Kruger Paper Mill). He also claims for cost of future care, and loss of housekeeping or renovation services. Special damages have been agreed to in the amount of $1,997.73....

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22 May Fabretti v. Gill

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             On January 12, 2005 at approximately 10:00 p.m., a tragic accident occurred on the Pattullo Bridge in New Westminster (the “Accident”). The plaintiff was only 12 years old at the time. He was asleep in the rear right passenger seat beside his 10-year old sister, Amanda, who was also asleep. His father, Terry Fabretti, was driving, and his mother, Jocelyn Fabretti, was in the front passenger seat of their 2001 Mazda Tribute....

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07 Feb Shipley v. Bye

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff, Michael Shipley, was rear-ended by the defendant, Travis Bye on January 26, 2010, at the intersection of Royal Oak Avenue and Deer Lake Parkway in Burnaby, British Columbia....

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01 Aug Chow v. Nolan

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff, Mr. Chow, is the unfortunate victim of two motor vehicle accidents, neither of which was his fault. The first accident took place in 2002. The plaintiff’s vehicle was struck and the impact threw it onto the sidewalk. He suffered significant injuries to his neck, left shoulder, upper and lower back, and most significantly to his lower left quadrant, leaving him with a serious, debilitating chronic pain syndrome....

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13 Jun Lemay v. James Western Star Sterling Ltd.

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff suffered the loss of three toes, a broken foot and ankle, a detached calf and an injured knee when the defendants’ 75-foot tractor-trailer collided into her motorcycle. The collision occurred on the west side of the intersection of Sumas Way and Vye Road in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on July 5, 2011, at approximately 9:00 a.m....

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10 May Jurisevic v. Rideout

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff, who represents himself, has been in 12 road accidents between 1996 and 2012. In the first three of these accidents he was driving a car. In the following nine accidents he was riding a bicycle. He has brought three separate actions involving three of the nine cycling accidents. These three actions were heard by me at the same time....

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15 Mar Jones v. Treloar

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             While driving his Harley Davidson V-Rod motorcycle across the intersection of Georgia Street and Broughton Street in Vancouver, the plaintiff was struck by a Ford Windstar minivan driven by the defendant Debra Treloar and owned by Caduceus Physiotherapist Corporation (collectively, the “defendants”). The plaintiff’s right leg was severely injured and it took about nine months to heal. He claims $115,000 for non-pecuniary damages and over $2 million for loss of the opportunity to earn income, both in the past and in the future....

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31 Aug McArthur v. Hudson

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             On June 9, 2008, the plaintiff was driving home from a physiotherapy session at the Back in Motion program in Burnaby, when he was struck on the driver’s side of his vehicle by the defendant, who had failed to stop at a stop sign (the “Accident”). The force of the impact was sufficient to spin the plaintiff’s pick-up truck 180 degrees and render it uneconomical to repair....

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22 Feb Hou v. McMath

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             This is a personal injury claim brought by the plaintiff for damages she allegedly suffered as a result of a motor vehicle accident on April 17, 2010....

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12 Dec Pearlman v. Phelps Leasing Ltd.

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff, Mr. Pearlman, is a 77-year-old retired lawyer who represented himself on this claim for injuries allegedly suffered by him in a motor vehicle accident on February 9, 2007 (the “2007 Accident”). The defendants admit liability, but submit that the collision was minor in nature, and any injuries of which the plaintiff complains pre-existed the 2007 Accident....

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