Wall v. Kexiong
THE COURT: This is an application by the defendant to adjourn the trial of this matter to a date convenient to counsel....
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Narayan v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
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 plaintiffs claim for damage to his vehicle, alleging the plaintiff made a number of wilful false statements about material issues surrounding the accident....
Buckle v. Raworth
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. Buckles vehicle was written off. As liability for the accident is admitted, the only issue is damages.background...
Hajikolai v. Lewis
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....
Villing v. Husseni
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....
Hendry v. Ellis
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....
Tenhunen v. Tenhunen
This action, in which damages were claimed for breach of duties under the Occupiers Liability Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 337, resulted in an equal division of liability between plaintiff and defendant, with the plaintiffs damages assessed at $250,182.38 before apportionment for contributory negligence. The reasons for these results can be found at 2015 BCSC 26....
Chow v. Slawter
On April 14, 2015, the plaintiff settled her motor vehicle accident claim for $115,492.03 in damages, plus taxable costs and disbursements. Taxable costs and disbursements were to be agreed, or assessed. As an agreement could not be reached, this is the formal assessment....
Ishii v. Wong
Brandon Ishii claims for damages he alleges he sustained in two motor vehicle accidents. The first motor vehicle accident occurred on August 24, 2010, when Mr. Ishiis motorcycle collided with a vehicle driven by the defendant Lung Wong at the intersection of North Road and Cameron Street in Coquitlam, B.C. (the 2010 accident). Ms. Wong was turning left at the time. Ms. Wong denies liability for the accident....
White v. Wang
THE COURT: The plaintiff, Jessica White, was injured in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on October 3, 2009. The defendants admitted their liability. On December 22, 2014, following a seven‑day trial, I awarded the plaintiff damages of $129,998.49, for the losses she suffered or will suffer due to the accident. The trial judgment is indexed at 2014 BCSC 2416....
Monahan v. Yang
THE COURT: The defendants have brought this application to compel the plaintiff to attend a medical examination on June 9, 2015, at the offices of Dr. Fadi Tarazi in Burnaby, British Columbia. The plaintiff is opposed to this application because the plaintiff has already attended a medical examination at the request of the defendants with a neurologist, Dr. Alexander Moll. The plaintiff argues that Dr. Moll has already given an opinion on all of the plaintiff's injuries.BACKGROUND...
Provencher v. St. Pauls Hospital
The plaintiff, Dennis Provencher, seeks damages in relation to an incident that occurred in the early morning hours of March 17, 2006. The plaintiff alleges that he was assaulted by the defendant, Paul Eigeldinger, in the emergency room area at St. Pauls Hospital (the Incident). Mr. Eigeldinger is employed as a security guard by Paladin Security Group Ltd. (Paladin)....