22 Feb Dempsey v. Oh

 On March 31, 2007 the plaintiff, Mr. Dempsey, was riding his bicycle eastward on 16th Avenue in Vancouver, when he collided with a panel van being driven by the defendant.  In addition to scrapes and bruises, the plaintiff says he suffered soft tissue injury which was so debilitating that he could not perform his work as a real estate agent.  During the trial, the defendant admitted liability and therefore this judgment concerns damages only....

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18 Feb Anderson v. Minhas

             On April 24, 2007, the parties were involved in a low-impact motor vehicle collision; the defendant “rear-ended” the plaintiff. He has admitted his liability for this act....

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17 Feb Loychuk v. Cougar Mountain Adventures Ltd.

             On August 18, 2007, the plaintiffs, Deanna Loychuk and Danielle Westgeest, (collectively the “Plaintiffs”) went on zipline tours operated by the defendant, Cougar Mountain Adventures Ltd. (“Cougar”) at Whistler, British Columbia. The Plaintiffs were injured when Ms. Westgeest collided with Ms. Loychuk on the zipline. Cougar now concedes that the negligence of its employees caused the accident....

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08 Feb Byer v. Mills

             At about 10:42 p.m. on the evening of September 10, 2001, a collision occurred between two vehicles at the intersection of Pinnacles Road and the Nazko Highway some 10-12 kms northwest of Quesnel. The Nazko Highway is the through road with the right-of-way over traffic joining it from Pinnacles Road. There is a stop sign at the intersection on Pinnacles Road. The Nazko Highway runs broadly east to west. Pinnacles Road joins it from the south....

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19 Jan MacKenzie v. Rogalasky

             The plaintiff, Robert MacKenzie, claims damages for soft tissue injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident on April 10, 2003, (the “accident”) when his vehicle was struck by Mr. Rogalasky, the defendant in these proceedings, while at the intersection of Burrard St. and Georgia St. in Vancouver, British Columbia....

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30 Dec Etson v. Loblaw Companies Limited (Real Canadian Superstore)

           On November 28, 2008, the plaintiff, then 76 years old, tripped over the corner of a wooden pallet in the defendant’s Superstore, fell down, and broke her hip.  She had surgery to pin her hip together but within nine months the hardware failed and she had to have two further operations: one to remove the hardware and another to replace her entire hip.  Fortunately, the last surgery was successful and the plaintiff is finally on the road to recovery....

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23 Dec Madill v. Sithivong

             The plaintiff, Ronald Edward Madill, claims damages against the defendants for injuries arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred June 28, 2004 on Clearbrook Road in Abbotsford, British Columbia.  At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was a passenger in a motor vehicle owned by the defendant, Super H Holdings Ltd., and operated by the defendant, Charles Peter Howard.  The action against Super H Holdings Ltd. has been discontinued....

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17 Dec Borgfjord v. Penner

             The plaintiff lives in Powell River, British Columbia. At about six o’clock in the evening of October 10, 2010, the plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident that occurred just south of Powell River, on Highway 101....

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16 Dec Ibbitson v. Cooper

 Mr. Ibbitson was a helicopter logging faller.  On July 21, 2001 he was driving home from the work site when, in Prince George, he was broadsided by a car being driven by Mr. Cooper and owned by Ms. Wagner.  Mr. Ibbitson’s three-quarter ton pickup truck was pushed into the opposing lane and was hit almost directly head-on by an oncoming tractor, travelling without a trailer.  Mr. Cooper had run the stop sign....

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