08 May Van Hartevelt v. Grewal

             The plaintiff Mitchell Van Hartevelt (“Mr. Van Hartevelt”) sues for an assault allegedly committed on him by the defendants Satinderjit Singh Robert Grewal (“Mr. R. Grewal”) and Satinderjit S. R. Grewal (“Mrs. R. Grewal”) (collectively referred to as “the First Named Defendants”) on December 22, 2006 at his apartment suite in the Randi Lynn Apartments on Jarvis Street in Vancouver, B.C. (the “Randi Lynn”)....

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19 Apr Fabretti v. Singh

             The plaintiff has made a claim for loss of future earning capacity in her negligence action against the defendants for a motor vehicle accident. At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was engaged as a Regional Vice President (“RVP”) at Primerica, an independent financial services organization....

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11 Jan Parker v. Lemmon

             The plaintiff, Sherry Parker (now Sherry Nash) (“Ms. Nash”), claims damages arising out of two motor vehicle accidents which occurred December 19, 2008 and January 9, 2009 in Nanaimo, B.C. The defendants in both collisions admit liability. There is no allegation of contributory negligence....

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21 Oct Hsu v. Williams

             This action arises from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on March 16, 2007, near the intersection of Granville Street and 41st Avenue, in Vancouver, B.C. (the “Accident”). ...

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25 Feb Druet v. Sandman Hotels

           On March 19, 2005 the plaintiff Catherine Druet (“Druet”) was staying with girlfriends at the Sandman Inn on Georgia Street (the “Hotel”) while visiting Vancouver.  It was raining outside.  She had just returned from eating dinner with her girlfriends Pat Sumner (“Sumner”), Janelle Bledsoe (“Bledsoe”) and Stephanie Smith (“Smith”) (collectively referred to as the “Girlfriends”) when she slipped and fell in the Hotel’s lobby (the “Lobby”), injuring her ankle....

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10 Sep Wright v. Brauer

             This is an application by the defendants in a motor vehicle accident case to have the plaintiff attend and submit to a medical examination by an orthopaedic surgeon September 9, 2010.  The trial in this action is set for November 18, 2010. ...

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20 May Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Husseinian

             THE COURT:  This is an application by the plaintiff Insurance Corporation of British Columbia for the assessment of damages against Dawood Shahin Husseinian and Ahmad Ahmadi for insurance fraud.  The defendants have not appeared to the action and a default judgment has been registered against them.  As a result of the default judgment, the defendants are deemed to have admitted all of the allegations.  See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Husseinian, 2008 BCSC 241....

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19 May Shannahan v. Johnson

             The plaintiff, James Grant Shannahan (“Mr. Shannahan”), brings this action against four physicians for medical negligence and defamation.  Mr. Shannahan is impecunious and at trial was self-represented.  He is an intelligent man, an autodidact, with obvious abilities. ...

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