Gerald Lane was born on January 30, 1953. He is a qualified carpenter who worked at that occupation until he was injured in a motor vehicle accident on July 7, 2008. Since that time, he has been unable to work at that occupation as a result of injuries suffered in three successive motor vehicle accidents....
On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, the Defendant, Richard Knight set out to drive his wife, the plaintiff, Carolee Knight, and their two children from Kitimat to Terrace, British Columbia in the familys car. Ms. Knight, who was approximately six months pregnant, was in the front passenger seat, and the two children were in the back seat....
Many people are attracted to live in North Vancouver by its scenic beauty and proximity to nature. However, in the past some properties there were developed in a manner that did not adequately take the forces of nature into account. ...
In this case the plaintiff, Mathew Latek, seeks damages for injuries he suffered in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on May 20, 2011. The defendant, Meiczyslaw Krol, admits he is liable for the full extent of Mr. Lateks injuries. The dispute between the parties is over the amount of damages that Mr. Latek is entitled to recover.Credibility...
The plaintiff John Maher seeks damages for loss and injury that he alleges he suffered as a result of having corrective laser eye surgery on March 27, 2008. Mr. Maher alleges that the defendants were negligent in in their treatment of him and that the defendants proceeded with the surgery without his informed consent. Mr. Maher also seeks punitive damages against the defendant Dr. Hugo Sutton for wilfully undertaking the surgery for which Mr. Maher was not a suitable candidate and for failing to provide proper follow-up care for complications that arose as a result of the surgery....
In these reasons I will deal with two applications. The first is an application by the plaintiff to be awarded 90% of her assessed costs and disbursements throughout this proceeding. The second is an application by the defendants for an order that the plaintiff recover 25% of her costs up to the delivery of the defendants June 27, 2011 settlement offer and no costs thereafter and that they be awarded 100% of their costs of this proceeding from that date. In the alternative, the defendants seek an order that the plaintiff shall be entitled to 25% of her costs up to June 27, 2011 and that no costs be awarded to either party after that date....
On October 21, 2006, the plaintiff Loretta Yick was severely injured in a motor vehicle accident. At the time of the accident, Ms. Yick was sitting in the front passenger seat of a car being driven by her husband, the defendant Martin Li. They were on their way to a dinner out. At approximately 6 p.m. Mr. Li entered the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Dewdney Trunk Road in Coquitlam. While the Li car was in that intersection, it was struck on the passenger side by a Ford F250 pickup truck (the Truck) being driven by the defendant, Nils Christopher Johnson....
In this case I am asked to resolve a number of disputes between parties who were for many years friends and business associates. Unfortunately in 2008 their association came to an acrimonious end. This litigation was commenced in 2009....
The plaintiff Stella Kasidoulis sues to recover damages for injuries she suffered in a motor vehicle accident on December 15, 2005. The defendant Frank Russo admits that he is solely responsible for the accident....
On May 6, 2010 I heard two applicants raising the same issue. In these reasons I will deal with the application in New Westminster Registry No. S104306 in which the plaintiff, April Gosselin, applies for an order to amend her statement of claim to add a claim pursuant to s. 2 of the Health Care Costs Recovery Act, R.S.B.C., 2008 Ch. 27 (the Act) to recover the cost of health care services provided to her by the government of British Columbia. In Vancouver Registry No. S070700 the plaintiff, Irene Fong, made application for substantially the same amendment. I will deal with that application in separate reasons....