On December 28, 2009, the plaintiff Victa Lau, aged 22, was driving a
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STI that he and his father, the plaintiff Yu Jung Lau,
had purchased just over two months before, at a cost of $41,287.21. There was
an accident. The Subaru Victa Lau was driving collided with another vehicle. Victa
Lau was determined by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC),
the defendant in these proceedings, to be solely at fault for the accident,
which resulted in the total loss of the Subaru, and claims against the
plaintiffs by the occupants of the other vehicle. The claims remain
unresolved....