15 Mar Harder v. Poettcker

            On March 1, 2016, on the defendant’s application, I granted a temporary stay of my order of November 26, 2015 [2015 BCSC 2180] pending a decision from the Court of Appeal on the defendant’s appeal (CA 43352). These are the reasons I said I would deliver subsequently....

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26 Nov Harder v. Poettcker

             Following the delivery of a civil jury verdict on September 22, 2015, and after the jury was discharged, the defendant applies for judgment in accordance with the verdict....

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26 Jun Jiwani v. Borodi

             The plaintiff, Hanif Jiwani, a 52-year old single man, was involved in four motor vehicle accidents for which the defendants admit liability.  The first and most serious accident was on February 7, 2009.  The other accidents were on April 19, 2009, July 24, 2010, and May 29, 2011.  The parties agree that there is no need to apportion damages among the accidents....

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26 Mar Giczi v. Kandola

             The plaintiff suffered personal injuries when she was involved in a motor vehicle accident on August 14, 2008 in New Westminster, B.C.  The defendant admits liability....

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01 Nov Ladret v. Stephens

             The plaintiff Heather Ladret’s claim is for damages for personal injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on July 2, 2009 on Vancouver Island on the Island Highway when the defendant, Natasha Grsic, turned in front of the plaintiff’s on-coming vehicle, resulting in a T-bone collision.  The plaintiff was injured in the accident.  Liability is admitted, and the issues at trial relate to the assessment of damages. ...

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25 Jun Gormick v. Amenta

             This is an assessment of damages for the personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff, Jodi Gormick, a young, athletic police officer, who on August 21, 2008 was injured in a motor vehicle accident, which was caused by the defendant’s negligence. ...

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14 May Wickham v. Cineplex Inc.

             This is an application by the defendant under Rule 9-7 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009 for summary dismissal of the plaintiff’s claim.  The plaintiff seeks judgment on the issue of liability under the Occupiers Liability Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 337 (“OLA”), or the common law of negligence....

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27 Feb Datoc v. Raj

             The plaintiff, Roderick Paul Datoc, was involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by the defendant, Ram Raj, on July 28, 2008 at the intersection of 84th Avenue and 128th Street in Surrey.  Each driver testified that he entered the intersection on a green light, and no other witnesses to the accident were called.  The defendant denies liability, but says that if he was negligent, the plaintiff was contributorily negligent because he was speeding and “timing” the light just before entering the intersection....

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14 Feb McIlvenna v. Viebig

             In September 1995, the plaintiff, a small boy riding his bicycle, was injured in a collision with a motor vehicle driven by the defendant.  The collision occurred at or near an uncontrolled T-intersection where a road that runs along the west side of the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall (which I will refer to as the north-south road) intersects with a road now called Library Road.  The plaintiff was making a left turn.  The trial was only concerned with the question of liability, as the issue of damages was severed by order of the Court. ...

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