22 Feb Aitken v. Bethell

             There are two applications before the court. The first is an application by the defendants RCMP Constable Joe Furtmann, RCMP Constable Turner and Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General (“the applicants”). This application is brought pursuant to civil Rule 9-7, and was filed on January 31, 2012. The applicants seek the following orders:a)    An order dismissing the action as against the defendant Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General (“the Minister”), on the ground that the action is barred by s. 10 of the Workers Compensation Act; andb)    An order dismissing the action as against the defendants Constable Furtmann and Constable Turner, on the ground that the action against them personally is barred by s. 21 of the Police Act....

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22 Feb Dulay v. Lachance

             The plaintiff, Rampaul Dulay, claims against the defendant, Octave Lachance, for injuries he sustained as a result of a motor vehicle accident which occurred at 8:30 a.m. on October 25, 2007, in Kamloops, British Columbia. Mr. Dulay was travelling southbound on 4th Avenue in his 2007 grey Toyota Corolla motor vehicle and had entered the intersection of 4th Avenue and Battle Street when he was struck broadside by the defendant’s blue 2005 Chevrolet two-door coupe. Mr. Dulay, 52 years old at the time of the accident, was 57 years of age at the time of the trial. He is married and has three adult children with his youngest 20-year-old boy still living at home and attending Thompson Rivers University.2.     Issues...

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22 Feb Hou v. McMath

             This is a personal injury claim brought by the plaintiff for damages she allegedly suffered as a result of a motor vehicle accident on April 17, 2010....

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21 Feb Bangle v. Lafreniere

             In this case I am asked to resolve a number of disputes between parties who were for many years friends and business associates. Unfortunately in 2008 their association came to an acrimonious end. This litigation was commenced in 2009....

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17 Feb Fell v. Morton

             THE COURT:  The 36-year-old plaintiff, Jennifer Fell, was injured two years and nine months ago when the car she was driving was rear-ended by the defendants' vehicle. Liability for the accident is admitted. Causation and quantum remain in dispute....

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16 Feb Balaj v. Xiaogang

             Because of the very limited time available in chambers on the day I heard the application, November 15, 2011, I advised the parties I would reserve for supplementary reasons and editing. These are my supplementary reasons....

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14 Feb McIlvenna v. Viebig

             In September 1995, the plaintiff, a small boy riding his bicycle, was injured in a collision with a motor vehicle driven by the defendant.  The collision occurred at or near an uncontrolled T-intersection where a road that runs along the west side of the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall (which I will refer to as the north-south road) intersects with a road now called Library Road.  The plaintiff was making a left turn.  The trial was only concerned with the question of liability, as the issue of damages was severed by order of the Court. ...

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14 Feb Dhindsa (Re)

             The applicant applies for an order directing the Officer in Charge of the Surrey detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (the “Surrey RCMP”) to produce the written results of an investigation into a hit and run collision on June 1, 2010. The facts set out in the notice of application indicate that Mr. Dhindsa was injured as a result of being struck by a vehicle driven by an unknown driver, who then left the scene....

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