The plaintiff claims damages in respect of a motor vehicle accident which occurred on March 31, 2010. For the reasons that follow I find that:1. the defendant is solely at fault for the accident;2. with respect to the key causation issue in dispute between the parties, the accident was indeed at least a contributing cause to the plaintiffs foot injury; and3. damages are therefore awarded as assessed below.Credibility of the plaintiff...
Occasionally a seemingly innocuous event can have tragic consequences....
On August 2, 2008, the plaintiff, Bruce Doucette, was injured in an unfortunate accident when he fell down an unprotected stairwell (the Stairwell) in a residence on Pender Island, British Columbia. The waterfront residence on Pender Island is owned by the defendant, Mary Ann McDaniel....
The trial of this action proceeded intermittently for 25 days during the period January 10, 2011 to May 4, 2011. On May 30, 2012 I delivered Reasons for Judgment awarding the plaintiff, Mr. Minhas, damages in the amount of $76,653....
The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident on July 2, 2010. Liability has been admitted. The matter proceeded to trial for the purpose of assessing damages....
The parties make claims against each other for personal injury damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 14, 2002....
THE COURT: On July 27, 2011, Naresh Kumar was driving his taxi southbound on Capilano Road towards the intersection with the Highway 1 west on-ramp. At the same time, Isabella Taba was driving her car northbound on Capilano Road. Just as she moved through the intersection, Mr. Kumar made a left turn and the two vehicles collided....
This trial concerns the action of James Maltese for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. The accident occurred on November 12, 2008. Liability has been admitted by the defendant, Krishneel Pratap. The only issue is the measure of damages to be awarded to the plaintiff....
On November 17, 2006, at about 11:20 p.m., temporary farm workers were being transported in a pickup truck from a Knutsford farm to the New Life Mission (NLM) in downtown Kamloops. The pickup truck was driven the defendant, Adrianna Lee Browne (Annie), and owned by her mother, Mrs. Debra Lee Browne (Mrs. Browne). The truck and the workers did not reach Kamloops. Within a few minutes of the truck leaving the farm, the truck left Long Lake Road and tumbled down an embankment, rolling over several times and landing on its side (the accident)....
These actions concern, inter alia, the decisions and actions of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (the RCMP) prior to a high speed collision at approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 10, 2008 on Ferry Island Road (also known as Rosedale Ferry Road) near Agassiz, B.C. which resulted in two fatalities (the Collision)....