The plaintiff, Mr. Pearlman, is a 77-year-old retired lawyer who represented himself on this claim for injuries allegedly suffered by him in a motor vehicle accident on February 9, 2007 (the 2007 Accident). The defendants admit liability, but submit that the collision was minor in nature, and any injuries of which the plaintiff complains pre-existed the 2007 Accident....
On September 9, 2003, Ms. Tran went to shop in a store called Secret Nail and Beauty Supply. She wanted to buy some supplies, including some acetone, for a manicure and pedicure business she ran. Ms. Tran picked up a gallon plastic jug of acetone and placed it on the counter so that she could pay for it. Somehow the jug fell from the counter. Its contents leaked on the floor. Ms. Tran slipped and fell on the acetone. She injured her lower back. At first it did not seem to be serious. But she did not recover from her injury and some months later had surgery to relieve pressure on a nerve that was causing pain to radiate down her leg. The surgery was, at best, only partially successful. Ms. Tran continues to have back problems that limit her ability to work....
Ms. Power was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Kamloops, B.C., on November 8, 2006 (Accident). The Accident occurred in the intersection of Lansdowne St. and 3rd Avenue, which is controlled by traffic signals. Ms. Power was driving a Pontiac Sunfire westbound on Lansdowne when she struck the Jeep which Mr. Carswell was driving northbound on 3rd Avenue, turning left onto Lansdowne. Both liability for the accident and the quantum of damages were in issue. Ms. Powers claims proceeded to a 6-day trial....
THE COURT: The plaintiff, Amandeep Atker, was driving her 2001 Mazda Protégé through the parking lot of a shopping mall in Surrey, B.C., on February 25, 2008, when she was struck by a 1999 Plymouth Minivan driven by the defendant....
Shao Ng was driving home in the early morning of July 22, 2007 when his Dodge Durango was struck by a car driven by the defendant, Mandeep Sarkaria. At the time of the collision Mr. Ng was driving north on Granville Street. The defendants vehicle unexpectedly turned left into the path of the Durango. The force of the impact was significant. The airbags in Mr. Ngs vehicle were deployed as a result of the collision. The vehicle ended up on the sidewalk on the east side of Granville Street. The defendants have admitted liability for the accident....
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....
The plaintiff, Kerry Milliken, was injured in a motor vehicle accident on August 20, 2007, in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast near her home in Gibsons, British Columbia....
In this action the plaintiff, Mr. Sarup Deol, seeks damages arising from injuries he sustained when the bicycle he was riding collided with a vehicle driven by the defendant, Mr. Brian Veach....
This is a personal injury action. Ms. Elizabeth Amanda Paradis was in a motor vehicle accident on December 24, 2007 at the intersection of 134th St. and 81B Ave., in Surrey, B.C. (the Accident). This proceeding was brought under Rule 15-1 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules....
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....