At the Case Planning Conference in these matters two questions arose and I took the unusual step of reserving on them. Broadly speaking Mr. Pettit for the defendant Norlander requests an order directing the plaintiff to deliver particulars of special damages to date. In the other action Mr. Alma seeks directions under Rule 5-3(1) that the plaintiff ...
On November 6, 2009, 16-year-old Dixon Ormiston tumbled from his bicycle while descending a steep hill along Lindholm Road in the District of Metchosin near Victoria, BC. He sustained serious injuries for which he seeks compensation....
The plaintiff Suzanne Matheson seeks damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on September 3, 2009....
On January 6, 2009, Mr. Del Giglio was on his way home from work at approximately 1:30 a.m. He was driving his 2002 Chevy Silverado truck north on Clarke Road toward the intersection at Smith Street in Coquitlam, British Columbia. He had a green light....
This is a personal injury claim arising from a motorcycle and automobile collision that occurred on June 17, 2008 at 6:45 p.m.. The plaintiff, Christine Campbell, was riding her red 2010 Triumph motorcycle northbound on Highway 6 when the south bound defendant, Emily Swetland, driving a white 1998 Subaru Forester turned left across her path. Visibility was good, the weather dry and the roads were dry....
On May 30, 2006 at about 1:30 p.m. the plaintiff, Eileen Lennox, tripped over an elevation difference between sidewalk panels in front of 451 Fader Street in the City of New Westminster. Ms. Lennox fractured and dislocated her left shoulder, extensively bruised her left hip and suffered facial injuries in the ensuing fall. She was 69 years of age at the time of the trip and fall. Unfortunately, she died on November 16, 2011 after a brief battle with an aggressive form of cancer....
On Mothers Day, May 11, 2008, the plaintiff, Heidi Louise Carson, was at her mothers, Susan Ann Henyecz, rented home located at 575 Singh Street, Kamloops, British Columbia. On that date, Mrs. Henyecz, while driving her 1996 Subaru Outback station wagon, backed down the driveway and struck Ms. Carson, who was on the driveway. As a result, Ms. Carson suffered injuries, the most serious injury being an injury to her back. Ms. Carson alleges that her mother is responsible for the accident for which Ms. Carson seeks damages. This trial is only to determine liability....
The defendant, Canwest Shows Inc. (Canwest), organizes trade exhibitions of various kinds, one of them a trade show called the Naughty but Nice Sex Show (the Show), which is presented annually at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre (VCEC). In 2007, the Show took place between January 11 and January 14, 2007....
It was dark and raining steadily in the early morning of October 10, 2007 as the plaintiff, Eleanor McDonald, took the second exit off Highway 1 at the Mt. Lehman interchange and turned the wrong way and into an oncoming van driven by Thi Hoa To....
The plaintiff applies for production of various documents and information requested at the examinations for discovery of the defendants.BACKGROUND...