THE COURT: On July 2, 2008, at about 8:30 in the morning, a
collision occurred on the Trans-Canada Highway at a location known as Kault
Hill near Salmon Arm between a Toyota Camry driven by James Francis Tod and a
Dodge pickup truck driven by Colin James Brook. Mr. Tod was killed in the
collision. The plaintiff was a passenger in the Dodge pickup driven by her
husband. In response to a notice to admit delivered by the plaintiff to the
defendant, Mona Ruth Tod, as executor of the estate of the late Mr. Tod and to
the defendant, Kora Goodrick, both those defendants admit that the accident
occurred as a result of one or both of their negligence and that they are, in
the language of the notice to admit, individually or jointly and severally 100
percent liable for the injuries and loss suffered by the plaintiff as a result
of the accident. By consent, the action has been dismissed against Mr. Brook
and he has been removed from the style of cause. The trial of liability as
between the remaining defendants was severed from the damage claim with that
assessment to be addressed at a later date. The hearing this week has been
conducted for the purpose of determining the respective degrees of fault of the
defendants....
