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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02 Jul Mollaei v. Luo

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             This is an assessment of costs of the plaintiff following the settlement of two personal injury actions.I.                 BACKGROUND...

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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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26 Jun MacKay v. Jhulley

Posted at 00:00h in Uncategorised

             This case involves claims and counterclaims arising from an altercation between the parties which occurred during the late evening of April 24, 2011 at a residence located at 10708 Farms Road in Mission, BC. The parties recount radically different versions of the same event and the Court is required to determine the veracity and reliability of the evidence provided by the key witnesses....

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19 Jun Mothe v. Silva

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff Lindsey Mothe was injured in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on November 24, 2011. Liability was admitted. The trial of the action was heard over five days from October 27 to 31, 2014. Reasons for judgment indexed at 2015 BCSC 140, were released on January 30, 2015....

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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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15 Jun Gaudreault v. Gobeil

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             THE COURT:  Following a six-day trial, I released reasons for judgment on this motor vehicle accident damages assessment on March 31, 2015: Gaudreault v. Gobeil, 2015 BCSC 483. The award was as follows: Non-pecuniary damages $75,000 Past loss of earning capacity $30,000 Future loss of earning capacity $125,000 Cost of future care $18,236 Special damages $8,186 TOTAL $256,422...

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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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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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