01 Oct More v. Bauer Nike Hockey Inc.

           Darren More, now age 23, suffered a devastating brain injury playing organized ice hockey when he was 17. His accident occurred during a game on November 11, 2004, while he was playing for the Juan de Fuca Orcas, a AAA Midget team, at the Archie Browning Arena, a municipally owned rink in Esquimalt. Sucha More and Cindy More are respectively the father and mother of Darren....

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13 Jul Sauer v. Scales

             This is an application by the plaintiff to introduce fresh evidence as to the need for an alternative therapy to treat the plaintiff’s injuries....

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07 Jul Kern v. Forest

           This is an action for damages. The plaintiff Lisa Kern was a patient who was treated by the defendant chiropractors. The plaintiff alleges that the treatments were performed negligently, causing serious bodily harm....

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19 May Shannahan v. Johnson

             The plaintiff, James Grant Shannahan (“Mr. Shannahan”), brings this action against four physicians for medical negligence and defamation.  Mr. Shannahan is impecunious and at trial was self-represented.  He is an intelligent man, an autodidact, with obvious abilities. ...

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14 May Cowie v. Draper

             The defendants apply under Rule 18A for an order dismissing an action by the plaintiff on the basis that it is statute barred by the Limitation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 266, (the “Act”). The plaintiff is seeking damages for the alleged negligence of the defendants during the birth of her first child on April 28, 2003....

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25 Jan Forde v. Inland Health Authority

             The Plaintiff, Leonora Forde, is a quadriparetic which means that she has partial paralysis in both of her arms and legs.  The degree of this paralysis is such that although she can stand with support and walk short distances with a walker, she is wheelchair dependent.  Furthermore, she suffers from frank incontinence – that is, she has lost control of her bladder function.  These injuries are permanent....

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08 Jan Boucher v. Boucher

           The plaintiff, Janette Boucher, and the defendant, Peter Boucher, married on December 24, 1983 and separated in October 2006.  On January 18, 2007, the parties received a declaration under s. 57 of the Family Relations Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 128 (“FRA”), stating that there was no reasonable prospect of reconciliation.  They are before the Court for a number of matters relating to the demise of their relationship. The parties have two children: Lauren, who is currently 23 years old, and Jenna, who is currently 18 years old....

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