The plaintiff, Hanif Jiwani, a 52-year old single man, was involved in four motor vehicle accidents for which the defendants admit liability. The first and most serious accident was on February 7, 2009. The other accidents were on April 19, 2009, July 24, 2010, and May 29, 2011. The parties agree that there is no need to apportion damages among the accidents....
THE COURT: This is an application brought by the defendant, the Honourable Chief Justice Christopher E. Hinkson, to dismiss the proceedings brought against him by the plaintiff, Ron Korkut, in a Notice of Civil Claim filed April 22, 2014....
Deena Foot, insurance adjustor, Vianne Bacchus, former adjuster with ICBC, and Dr. Robert Stenstrom, emergency physician, were called as witnesses on behalf of the Defendants. In early April, each of them had sworn affidavits that had been prepared by counsel for the Defendants. The affidavits were prepared and sworn prior to the decision of counsel for the Plaintiff that it would be necessary for the three affiants to appear at this Trial relating to a motor vehicle accident that occurred on September 27, 2007....
At the request of the Defendants, Synaptic Analysis Consulting Group (Darrin Richards) prepared a February 3, 2014 opinion relating to an accident reconstruction of the collision alleged by Ms. Staaf and, in particular, to analyze the speed of the vehicle and whether another vehicle could have impacted her vehicle in the area of the markings around the gas cap. In his opinion, Mr. Richards came to the following conclusions:(a) The 1994 Pontiac Firebird [of Ms. Staaf] rotated in a counterclockwise yaw before sustaining a frontal impact with the barrier on the north side of the Georgia Viaduct.(b) The Pontiac continued to rotate counterclockwise after this initial impact and sustained a subsequent impact to its right rear corner. This subsequent impact also occurred with the barrier on the north side of the Georgia Viaduct.(c) The initial speed of Ms. Staaf s Pontiac Firebird was likely 66‑72 km/h.(d) The scuff and dent to the left quarter panel of the Pontiac Firebird were likely the result of a contact with a protruding surface. The damage is not consistent with having resulted from contact with the concrete barriers on the Georgia Viaduct. If the scuff and dent were the result of vehicle contact, the direction of motion of the vehicles would have to be parallel or nearly parallel. It is unclear whether the scuffs and dent are related to the subject incident....
This is an assessment of costs following settlement of a claim by the plaintiff arising out of injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident on February 10, 2009....
In this proposed class action against five corporate defendants, two of the defendants, Teva Canada Limited (Teva) and Sandoz Canada Incorporated (Sandoz), seek an order dismissing the action against them on a summary trial prior to a certification hearing....
On April 6, 2009, the plaintiff, Helen Tchir, who was then 60 years old, was a sideways sitting passenger on a transit bus (the bus) driven by the defendant, Andre Tougas, on Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver. Mr. Tougas operated the bus as an employee of the defendants Coast Mountain Bus Company Ltd. and South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (collectively, together with Mr. Tougas, now called the Transit Defendants)....
The plaintiff, Mark Hutchinson, was a passenger on a bus driven by the defendant, Clifford Dyck. The other defendants own and operate the bus company. The bus went over a depression or dip in the road. The plaintiff was ejected upwards from his seat and hit the seat on the way down. He was subsequently diagnosed with a T12-L1 flexion distraction burst injury. Liability and damages are in issue. The claim against the third party City of Surrey was discontinued prior to the commencement of this trial.The AccidentThe Plaintiff...
The plaintiff, Tara Dunne brings these actions to recover damages she says result from the negligence of the respective defendants in two separate motor-vehicle accidents....
On September 24, 2007 Ms. Staaf was driving a motor vehicle in an easterly direction on the Georgia Viaduct in Vancouver when she says the vehicle she was driving was hit by a motor vehicle negligently driven by a person unknown to her. As a result of being hit and as a result of taking evasive action, the vehicle driven by Ms. Staaf went out of control, resulting in a collision between the vehicle and the barriers on either side of the Georgia Viaduct....