Judgment in this personal injury case was delivered by the jury on December 3, 2015. The plaintiffs claims were dismissed. Counsel was invited to set a hearing down to address costs, and that hearing took place on March 3, 2016....
This is an assessment of the Plaintiffs bill of costs in a personal injury action that was settled at a mediation some three and a half months before the trial. The trial had been scheduled for nine days with a jury....
The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident on September 23, 2011. She now suffers from neck, back and shoulder pain. Liability is admitted....
The plaintiff seeks an order pursuant to Supreme Court Civil Rule 9-1(6), B.C. Reg. 168/2009 for double costs; either from March 3, 2015, the date on which the plaintiff made a $495,000 settlement offer, or from March 9, 2015, when the plaintiff made a $345,000 settlement offer....
This is an assessment of the plaintiffs costs pursuant to the order of Madam Justice Gerow, pronounced August 25, 2015. The reasons for judgment are found at Ali v. Fineblit, 2015 BCSC 1494....
On March 1, 2016, on the defendants 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 defendants appeal (CA 43352). These are the reasons I said I would deliver subsequently....
This case concerns the plaintiff Carmen Lacayos claim that she suffered debilitating injuries in a 2008 car accident, to which liability is admitted. She seeks non-pecuniary damages of $200,000, an in trust claim for her husband of $30,000, an in trust claim for her daughter of $1,000, $80,000 compensation for her loss of housekeeping capacity, $200,000 to pay for the costs her future care, and $20,000 for damage to her income earning capacity....
These two actions arise from a three-car collision on September 25, 2012....
The defendants have applied to extend the time for the filing of a Notice Requiring Trial by Jury (the Jury Notice) which was filed beyond the 21 day notice period provided for in Rule 12-6(3) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009....
THE COURT: This is an application by the defendants for an order that their expert witness, Dr. Robin Rickards, be examined on oath before a court reporter by video deposition on February 5, 2016, the Friday prior to the trial of this matter, and that the record of the examination be made available to be tendered as evidence at trial....