03 Jul Yannacopoulos v. Cronk

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff Michael Yannacopoulos sues for damages for injuries suffered as a result of a motor vehicle accident which took place on September 22, 2009, on King George Boulevard between 84th and 86th Avenue in Surrey, British Columbia (the “Accident”). Mr. Yannacopoulos was driving the middle vehicle in a three-car collision. As a result of the Accident, Mr. Yannacopoulos suffered a blow to his head, injuries to his neck, back, shoulders, right wrist, and dental injury. The main issue at trial concerned his low back pain which had lingered after the other injuries resolved....

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03 Jul Grewal v. Naumann

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff, Mr. Grewal seeks damages arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on June 28, 2007 in the intersection of 64th Street and 200th Avenue, Langley, B.C. (the “Accident”).  He was 26 years old at the time and is now 33 years old.  Mr. Grewal was driving a 1997 Honda Civic and was attempting to turn left at the intersection; Mr. Naumann was driving a 2007 Dodge Ram pickup and was going through the intersection travelling in the opposing direction.  Mr. Grewal was “T-boned” by Mr. Naumann on the passenger side of the Honda he was driving.  Mr. Grewal was transported by ambulance to Langley Memorial hospital.  Mr. Grewal’s vehicle was declared a total loss.  The Dodge Ram sustained damage valued at $14,608.81.  The plaintiff seeks damages for his injuries caused by the Accident including chronic pain around his right shoulder, right wrist, right knee, right ankle, and neck; and recurrence of depression. ...

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30 Jun Hsu v. Choquette

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             This case involves the consequences to Ellen Hsu of a rear-end motor vehicle accident that she was involved in on April 5, 2010. Liability for the accident has been admitted on behalf of Elizabeth Choquette, the driver who caused it, and as a result the focus in the trial was on the nature and severity of the injuries that Ms. Hsu received and the extent of their impact on her life. The most significant issue in that regard is whether she now suffers from thoracic outlet syndrome (“TOS”) because of the accident.2.               EVIDENCE(a)            Background...

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16 Jun Renaerts v. Renaerts

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff is a 24-year-old woman injured in a motor vehicle accident on June 12, 2009, at the intersection of Kingsway and Slocan Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. The defendant driver of the car in which the plaintiff was the right front seat passenger admits liability. The driver ran a red light and “T-boned” the other car in the intersection; the impact spinning their car around and into a streetlight standard. The plaintiff wore her seatbelt. She had no airbag on her side of the car....

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10 Jun Buckle v. Raworth

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

            The plaintiff Margaret Buckle claims damages for injuries she sustained on July 21, 2012 when she was the front seat passenger in a 1990 Ford Tempo driven by her husband Leonard Buckle. Mr. Buckle was stopped behind four other vehicles on 24th Avenue and 163rd Street, in Surrey, waiting for the front vehicle to make a left hand turn, when the driver behind them failed to stop and they were “banged from behind”, with a fairly hard jolt. Mr. Buckle’s vehicle was written off. As liability for the accident is admitted, the only issue is damages.background...

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10 Jun Narayan v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

            The plaintiff, Shanal Narayan, was involved in a motor vehicle collision with a taxi cab driven by Lakhvir Singh Sanghera. The plaintiff was driving his 1991 Chevrolet Sprint, which was insured by the defendant, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (“ICBC”). The plaintiff reported the accident to his insurer and in so doing made a number of statements regarding the circumstances of the collision. ICBC refused to pay the plaintiff’s claim for damage to his vehicle, alleging the plaintiff made a number of wilful false statements about material issues surrounding the accident....

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09 Jun Hajikolai v. Lewis

Posted at 13:59h in Motor Vehicle Accident

            This action arises out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred February 8, 2011 (the "2011 accident").  The plaintiff, Ramezan Ali Salehi Hajikolai, was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by the defendant Daniel Lewis with the permission of the vehicle's owner, the defendant Chanel Ann Lewis....

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09 Jun Villing v. Husseni

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             THE COURT:  These reasons for judgment are being presented orally, and in the event a transcript of the reasons is ordered, I am reserving without limitation my right to edit same, not only as to matters of grammar and syntax but also where I judge it necessary or desirable to elaborate upon or amplify what I am about to say.  Needless to say nothing will change the result....

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05 Jun Hendry v. Ellis

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             THE COURT:  Firstly, if these reasons are published, as usual I reserve the right to edit and expand upon these reasons for clarification and otherwise if necessary, however, if it is published the decision will not change in any way as a result of the published reasons....

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