25 Aug Azam v. Bilaya

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             Shameema Azam was involved in two motorcycle accidents, one on September 11, 2009, and the other on April 25, 2010. At the time of both accidents, Ms. Azam was a passenger, and her boyfriend, the defendant Hans-Henrik Jensen, was driving. Ms. Azam commenced two actions, one against Jesus Bilaya and Mr. Jensen seeking damages for the injuries she sustained in the September 2009 accident. Ms. Azam has commenced a second action against Mr. Jensen for injuries she sustained in the April 2010 accident. In the second action, Ms. Azam also claims damages for injuries she sustained when Mr. Jensen physically assaulted her on different occasions. The actions were heard at the same time....

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25 Aug Luce v. Brar

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             On April 22, 2011, Ms. Janine Luce and Mr. Nigel Luce were injured in a motor vehicle accident when an oncoming vehicle crossed the centre line, striking the Luce vehicle head-on. Liability was admitted....

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22 Aug Michael v. Bayfield

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             In this action the plaintiff claims damages for injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident. The defendant admits that the accident was her fault and further admits that the plaintiff suffered some injury, entitling him to compensation. At issue are the extent of the injuries resulting from the accident and, in particular, the causal connection between the accident and ongoing headaches suffered by the plaintiff....

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21 Aug Forder v. Linde

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             Deena Lynn Forder was injured in a motor-vehicle accident on the evening of March 19, 2010. She was seated in her Mustang motor vehicle at a stop light on Lougheed Highway at the intersection of 105 Avenue in Maple Ridge....

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19 Aug Papaspyros v. Cox

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             On July 31, 2008, a bus, driven by the defendant James Cox, came to a sudden stop at the intersection of MacDonald Street and West 4th Avenue in Vancouver (the “Incident” ) causing a number of passengers to be thrown to the floor. Those passengers included the plaintiffs, Maria Pappas and Adamandia Papaspyros, both of whom have commenced actions claiming damages for the injuries that they sustained....

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19 Aug Pacheco v. Degife

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff, Enrique Pacheco, claims damages for battery arising out of an incident that occurred in the early morning hours of May 31, 2008 on Beach Avenue in Vancouver. A minor rear-end collision involving Mr. Pacheco’s car and a car driven by the defendant, Tesfaye Degife, led to an altercation in which Mr. Pacheco was struck in the head with a baseball bat (the “Incident”)....

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19 Aug Boyar (Re)

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             On February 27, 2014 I delivered Reasons for Judgment in this estate litigation.  I gave the parties leave to file written submissions about costs.  These are my Reasons in relation to costs....

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19 Aug Zhang v. Graham

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             This action arises from a motor vehicle accident.  Mr. Zhang seeks damages for non-pecuniary loss, past income loss, loss of earning capacity, costs of future care and special damages.BACKGROUND FACTS...

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15 Aug Dadey v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff has owned and operated a mobile crane service for many years. On October 28, 2011, Pacific Coast Terminals (“PCT”) hired the plaintiff to use the crane to move large rolls of conveyor belt from a stockpile at the Port Moody premises of PCT a distance of approximately thirty feet to another area where the conveyor belt rolls were to be held by the crane and unrolled by other equipment onto a large conveyor belt assembly. Each roll of the conveyor belt weighed approximately five tons....

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