This claim arises out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on the morning of June 28, 2010. The plaintiff, Mr. Zhang, was a rear seat passenger in a taxi that was taking him from the River Rock Casino in Richmond to his home on East 45th Avenue in Vancouver. The defendant driver lost control of the taxi as it rounded a tight curve leading to the entrance to Highway 99 northbound towards the Oak Street bridge. ...
On January 15, 2015, I gave reasons for judgment in this matter in which I awarded the plaintiff, Ms. Cornish, damages totalling $159,052.75 for injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on January 25, 2010. My reasons are now indexed at 2015 BCSC 52....
This is a claim for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred September 12, 2010, in which the plaintiff, Ms. Hue Quynh Diep, was a pedestrian who was struck by the defendants vehicle....
The plaintiff, Mr. Khoury, slipped and fell while visiting VanDusen Botanical Garden (the Garden) on November 19, 2011. He hurt his shoulder, which he says has interfered with his ability to earn income from his occupation, long haul trucking. He sues the owners and operators of the Garden, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and the City of Vancouver (collectively, the defendants) in negligence and under the Occupiers Liability Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 337 [OLA]. He says they did not do enough to protect patrons of the Garden from snow and ice hazards....
In this action, the plaintiff, Dr. Robert Wright, asserts he is entitled to income replacement benefits under a group policy of insurance (the Policy) between the defendant The Prudential Group Assurance Company of England (Canada) (Prudential) and the Canadian Dental Association. Dr. Wright asserts that his entitlement to benefits arises as a result of injuries he suffered in an accident (the Accident) while he was skiing on December 18, 1993. Dr. Wright says these injuries rendered him first, residually disabled, and then totally disabled from carrying on his occupation practising dentistry as a general practitioner. The benefits to which Dr. Wright says he is entitled exceed $1.5 million. He seeks judgment for what he claims are the unpaid benefits, as well as aggravated damages and other relief....
Mrs. Haroon was injured in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on June 11, 2011 in the Wal-Mart parking lot on 88th Avenue in Surrey....
Roberto Espinoza Guerrero was the front seat passenger in a sport utility vehicle driven by the defendant, his wife, when it was involved in a single-vehicle accident on December 31, 2011. The defendant admits liability for the accident, and further concedes that Mr. Espinoza was injured. The extent, however, of Mr. Espinozas injuries is hotly contested....
The defendants apply for a summary judgment pursuant to Rule 9-6 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg 168/2009 to dismiss all claims of the plaintiffs set out in a further amended notice of civil claim....
THE COURT: These reasons are subject to editorial revisions before their reproduction in final form. In no manner will the results of my decision be changed.Introduction...
Cathleen Graham was barely thirty years of age when, in the year 2003, she received approximately $4 million as a result of the loss of her entire family in deaths over the previous two years. Her mother had died when a re-emerged cancer led to a cardiac arrest from which Ms. Graham was unable to save her with CPR. A motor vehicle accident took Ms. Grahams brother, her only sibling, eight weeks later. Ms. Graham then lost her father, first to a severe depression, and then irrevocably when he hanged himself in the basement of the family home. Ms. Graham found him hanging, cut him down, and administered CPR in an effort to bring him back to life, but it was too late. It is no surprise that Ms. Graham had a complex and distinctive attitude towards the money that came to her with these terrible losses....