On March 8, 2005 the plaintiff, Ricci Lynn Gilbert, was injured in a motor
vehicle accident in Williams Lake, British Columbia. She was a passenger in
the backseat of a vehicle driven by the defendant, Anthony Bottle, and owned by
the defendant, Steven Whitford, when the accident occurred. Mr. Bottle was
impaired by alcohol when he approached a corner too quickly and lost control of
the vehicle, which spun across the roadway and came to rest suspended off the
ground against a fence. Ms. Gilbert, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was
ejected from the rear hatch window and found unconscious on the ground below....