These actions concern the plaintiffs claims for damages arising from three separate motor vehicle accidents which occurred in 2009 and 2014, the most serious of which - with regards to the injuries suffered - having occurred on March 11, 2011. My reasons for judgment following a nine day trial were issued April 30, 2015 and were indexed under 2015 BCSC 608....
The lone issue before me in this case is whether the defendant was negligent in driving his Porsche vehicle such that he struck the plaintiff while she was a pedestrian crossing Thurlow St. in downtown Vancouver. The plaintiff claims substantial injuries should the defendant be found to be negligent which injuries will be the topic of a further trial on damages should the defendant be found liable....
THE COURT: Firstly, if these reasons are published, as usual I reserve the right to edit and expand upon these reasons for clarification and otherwise if necessary, however, if it is published the decision will not change in any way as a result of the published reasons....
The defendants apply for a summary judgment pursuant to Rule 9-6 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg 168/2009 to dismiss all claims of the plaintiffs set out in a further amended notice of civil claim....
The plaintiff, Mrs. Gupta, claims damages arising from injuries suffered in three motor vehicle accidents. Liability has been admitted by all of the defendants in each of the three actions....
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....
This is an application for costs following a decision of mine (2013 BCSC 1568) dated August 28, 2013 granting damages to the plaintiff for injuries incurred in a motor vehicle accident which had occurred in 2007. The plaintiff had sought considerably more than I found to be owing, ie. he sought damages of over $3 million. Due to pre-existing medical conditions, personality disorders and in particular the plaintiffs lack of credibility, I granted total damages of approximately $63,000 for general damages, past wage loss and special damages....
The plaintiff has owned and operated a mobile crane service for many years. On October 28, 2011, Pacific Coast Terminals (PCT) hired the plaintiff to use the crane to move large rolls of conveyor belt from a stockpile at the Port Moody premises of PCT a distance of approximately thirty feet to another area where the conveyor belt rolls were to be held by the crane and unrolled by other equipment onto a large conveyor belt assembly. Each roll of the conveyor belt weighed approximately five tons....
This case involves a significant claim for damages for personal injuries following a high impact collision on August 21, 2009. Of particular interest in this case is the dramatically different approaches taken by the medical experts for both sides. In spite of statements by these experts that they are aware of their obligations as expert witnesses under Rule 11-2(1) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, and their duty to assist the Court and not be an advocate for any party, in some cases it is clear that the temptation to become an advocate takes priority over the obligation to assist the Court.II. BackgroundA. The Plaintiff before the Accident...
Cassandra Sanborn claims damages for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident which occurred on September 26, 2006 in Campbell River, B.C. At the time of the accident, Cassandra was 12 years of age and was a passenger in a vehicle owned and driven by her mother, Caroline Sanborn. The defendants have admitted liability....