In Henderson v. McGregor, 2019 BCSC 1964, the Plaintiff sought damages for injuries he sustained as a result of a road rage incident. He claimed that the Defendant hit him in the face suddenly, without warning and without provocation. The Defendant...
In the spring, the B.C. Attorney General changed the rules of court to limit the number of experts British Columbians would be allowed to have testify on their behalf at trial. Why should you care? Because people who suffer injuries...
Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota achieved a ground breaking result in Greig v. Desjardins Financial Security Life Assurance Company, 2019 BCSC 1758. This action concerned Desjardin’s wrongful termination of the Plaintiff’s long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits.LTD insurance provides wage-replacement benefits to persons who...
In Landels v. Interior Health Authority, 2005 BCSC 1182, the Plaintiff slipped and fell on the floor of one of the Health Authority's hospitals. She sued the Health Authority for damages for injuries suffered in that fall. The question before the...
In the case of Newell v. Levesque, 2019 BCSC 998, the Defendant choked and hit the Plaintiff during a domestic dispute. The Plaintiff suffered bruising to his head and face, pain and stiffness, injury to his cervical spine, headaches, facial lacerations,...
In Block v. Schmitt, 2019 BCSC 1575, the Plaintiff was injured when her vehicle was sideswiped by a vehicle driven by the Defendant son. ICBC denied liability in this case because he did not have a valid B.C. drivers’ licence at...
In Redmile v. Beaulieu, 2019 BCSC 1571, the Plaintiff sustained injuries to his back and neck when he was t-boned by the Defendant. Tragically, the Defendant died at the scene and the Plaintiff witnessed this, which was extremely traumatic for...
The Plaintiff in the case of Spence v. Yellow Cab Company Ltd., 2019 BCSC 1540, was sitting in the backseat of a taxi when the taxi was involved in a collision. The evidence established that the Plaintiff was not wearing his...
In the case of Stare v. Whitehouse, 2019 BCSC 1445, the 20-year old Plaintiff sustained injuries in a motor vehicle accident. Although the injuries to his neck and shoulder resolved, the injury to his back did not.Due to the trauma of...
The Plaintiff in the case of De Sousa v. Rogers, 2019 BCSC 128, sued two dentists. She submitted that the first dentist failed to obtain her informed consent for the extraction of a tooth and the second dentist failed to obtain...