02 Dec Gill v. Widjaja
THE COURT: Each of the parties applies for a review of the findings of Master Baker, sitting as a registrar, with respect to the taxation of the plaintiff's party and party bill of costs arising under this Rule 15 action....
28 Nov Ng v. Schell
Introduction[1] This is an application brought by the defendants Douglas Schell and Credit Canada VW Inc. for a declaration that a settlement agreement between the plaintiff and the defendants is valid and enforceable, and that the personal injury proceeding, accordingly, be stayed.Defendants position...
10 Nov Corfield v. Shaw
At the suggestion of her employer, Joy Corfield decided to leave work at the local laundromat and learn a trade. She took an introductory plumbing course at Malaspina College and started working at Baker Industries Ltd. (Baker Industries), a small family plumbing business. Initially, she worked as an unpaid job-shadow with a journeyman plumber, but was soon hired as an apprentice. Her employment at Baker Industries lasted for less than a year. She says that her supervisor, Phil Shaw, sexually assaulted her on a number of occasions in 2005 while they were working together (the Assaults). Shortly after revealing this to Ian Baker, the owner of Baker Industries and stepfather of Mr. Shaw, she quit and eventually commenced this action. She says that since the Assaults, she has suffered severe emotional distress....
04 Nov Chandi v. Atwell
This is an assessment of the infant Plaintiffs costs in respect of a personal injury action that settled on April 20, 2010 for the sum of $900,000 plus taxable costs and disbursements in advance of the trial that was set for fifteen days commencing on May 31, 2010. The settlement was approved by Mr. Justice Leask on February 8, 2011....
03 Nov Kargbo v. Chand
This is the Courts decision with respect to costs in this matter....
01 Nov Parmar v. Lahay
THE COURT: This is an application pursuant to Rule 9‑7 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules. This Action involves a motor vehicle accident on October 6, 2010. I find that the special damages are $120. There is no claim for loss of wages or any future loss of capacity. The sole question is the quantum of the non-pecuniary damages which should be awarded....
20 Oct Dillon v. Montgomery
At the conclusion of submissions, I dismissed the defendants application for an order that the plaintiff attend an independent medical examination with Dr. Alexander Moll. The application was brought on short notice given that the examination was scheduled for October 3, 2011....
18 Oct K.A.K. v. British Columbia
The plaintiffs are six[1] of eleven children born to the defendants G.K. and M.H. They seek general and future pecuniary damages from the Province of British Columbia (the Crown) for the failure of the Ministry of Child and Family Development (MCFD or the Ministry) to remove them from their parents care when it was readily apparent that they were in need of protection. The Crown has admitted liability....
09 Sep Miller v. Boughton
Following a trial before Madam Justice Hyslop with a jury, which took place between December 6 and 14, 2010, the plaintiff was found to be 45% liable for a motor vehicle accident which occurred July 22, 2006, and the defendant, 55% liable. The jury assessed non-pecuniary damages at $6,000.00, $1,500.00 past wage loss and $100.00 special damages for total damages of $7,600.00, reduced by 45%. By virtue of s. 83 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 231, (the Act), there was a further reduction of $300.00 resulting in a judgment award to the plaintiff of $3,880.00...
08 Sep Khunkhun v. Titus
THE COURT: The trial of this matter was heard by me sitting with a jury from April 18 to May 4, 2011. Liability was admitted. The nature and extent of the plaintiff's injuries and the quantum of damages were in issue. The plaintiff advanced a claim described in her trial brief as having a value of $961,000. In argument, the plaintiff claimed, in addition to unspecified non-pecuniary damages, gross income loss to trial in excess of $100,000 and future pecuniary losses in the range of 265,000 to $663,000....