25 Apr Rahimi v. Ma

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff, Ms. Rahimi, seeks damages for personal injuries she suffered as a result of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on April 9, 2010 (the “Accident”). The issues raised in this action are made simpler by numerous factors. Liability is admitted. Ms. Rahimi did not suffer from any pre-Accident injuries or disabilities. There is no suggestion of any intervening factors that may have contributed to or exacerbated her injuries. The defendants called no expert evidence. To the credit of counsel for both parties they worked efficiently and cooperatively to address those issues that mattered and to ignore those that did not....

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25 Apr Carreon-Rivera v. Zhang

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff, Anna Carreon-Rivera, was involved in a collision on October 16, 2009 when the vehicle she was driving was struck by the vehicle driven by the defendant Guo Qing Zhang. Ms. Carreon-Rivera was proceeding westbound in the curb lane on 41st Avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia, when the defendant, who was in a vehicle in the adjacent lane, made a sudden lane change and collided with her vehicle. The collision pushed Ms. Carreon-Rivera’s vehicle up onto the right hand curb. The vehicle was then dragged along by the defendant’s vehicle for half a block before coming to a rest....

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24 Apr Hart v. Jacobsen

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             The plaintiff claims damages for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision that occurred December 17, 2011 on Highway 97 North near Summit Lake, BC. In a consent order made June 3, 2013 the issues of liability and quantum were severed. I heard the issue of liability only....

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22 Apr Biggs v. Doe

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             On April 30, 2006, David Biggs was seriously injured in a motor vehicle collision on Highway 3, just east of exit 173, near Hope, B.C. The collision occurred when a motorcycle operated by Mr. Biggs collided with the pup trailer of a dump truck driven by Kevin Dueck. The vehicles collided shortly after Mr. Biggs entered the highway from an eastbound on-ramp, when he came into contact with the right front portion of the pup trailer as Mr. Dueck drove eastward in the far left lane (the “fast lane”) of three eastbound lanes. At this point along the highway there are two “through” lanes and one merging lane, several kilometres long, to the far right. This section of Highway 3 is virtually straight with a very slight ascending grade for eastbound traffic. The speed limit is 100 km/h. There were no adverse weather or road conditions at the time of the collision....

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22 Apr Bulpitt v. Muirhead

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             This action arises out of a motor vehicle accident (the “Accident”) that occurred on November 5, 2007.  The plaintiff was stopped at a traffic light when his vehicle was rear-ended by the defendants’ vehicle....

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17 Apr Vander Maeden v. Condon

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

              [1]             The plaintiff, Rudolphus (Rudy) Vander Maeden launched two lawsuits as a result of his involvement in two motor vehicle accidents. As he was entitled to do, Mr. Vander Maeden chose to have his actions tried by a judge and jury. With the consent of all parties, both actions were tried at the same time....

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17 Apr Advantage Helicopters Inc. v. Heliponents

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             On October 6, 2007, a 1964 Bell 204B helicopter owned by Rilpa Enterprises (“Rilpa”) and leased by Advantage Helicopters Inc. (“Advantage”), experienced a sudden and total loss of tail rotor drive and crashed while being used to conduct heli-logging operations near Kaslo, British Columbia. The main transmission assembly of the helicopter had been overhauled by the defendant, Heliponents, Inc. (“Heliponents”) at its Mesa, Arizona facility in May 2007. The plaintiffs allege the accident occurred as a result of the negligent overhaul of the transmission, which resulted in starvation of oil supply to bearings in the quill assembly of the transmission, failure of the duplex bearing set, seizure of that portion of the transmission, and the fracture of the tail rotor driveshaft....

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15 Apr Pavan v. Guolo

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             Roberto Pavan suffered injuries in a September 22, 2010 accident when the car he was driving collided with a limousine driven by the defendant Remo Guolo and owned by Canusa Limos Ltd. There were five passengers in the limousine at the time of the accident, all of whom also suffered injuries and have commenced separate actions. Liability and quantum are issues in this action....

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11 Apr Walker v. Doe

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             THE COURT: This is an application by the plaintiff, Mr. Walker, brought by way of summary trial, for orders striking out and amending parts of the statement of defence. At the hearing the plaintiff sought judgment on specific issues.Background...

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