21 Aug Tsang v. Borg

             The plaintiff claims damages for injury and loss sustained in a motor vehicle collision that occurred on December 22, 2008, on East Broadway Street near Renfrew in the city of Vancouver. The plaintiff’s vehicle was struck from behind. Liability is admitted. The trial proceeded on the issue of damages only....

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17 Aug Morgan v. Scott

           The plaintiff, Mr. Morgan, seeks damages arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on August 29, 2009 (“the Accident”). The trial occupied two and one-half days. The plaintiff called three witnesses. Liability was admitted, though the defendant, Mr. Scott, gave brief evidence describing the circumstances of the Accident.Overview...

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15 Aug Small v. Upshaw

           The plaintiff in this matter was injured in three motor vehicle accidents. He was 17 years old at the first accident, 19 at the second, and 20 at the third. He sustained soft tissue injuries in all three collisions. The defendants have admitted liability for the collisions. They do not require that damages be allocated in accord with the harm done by each accident....

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03 Aug E.B. v. Basi

           Arising out of the settlement of the infant plaintiff’s tort claim, her lawyers, Acheson Whitley Sweeney Foley (the “law firm”), seek court approval of their fees. At a separate hearing on April 16, 2012, I approved the settlement of the infant’s claims for $13,000,000. However, I bifurcated the process insofar as legal fees are concerned and directed a separate hearing on June 29, 2012. Counsel for the law firm and for the Public Guardian and Trustee (“PGT”) participated in the hearing and, at its conclusion, I reserved judgment. These are my reasons for judgment....

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31 Jul Foubert v. Song

             On May 28, 2007 the plaintiff was driving her older model Volvo from downtown Vancouver, British Columbia to her home in Point Grey over the Burrard Street Bridge. Without warning she found herself struggling to control her vehicle after it was struck by the defendant’s Mazda RX8 seen by others immediately prior to the accident weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed. The photographs of the vehicles reveal extensive damage to the Mazda and damage to the front end of the Volvo. The Volvo was written off....

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30 Jul Cartwright v. Cartwright

             On June 17, 2007, the plaintiff, Caitlin Cartwright, was injured in a single vehicle accident on the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, BC. Ms. Cartwright was a passenger in the front seat, her parents were in the back, and her brother - the defendant Cody Cartwright - was driving. The car went off the road, down an embankment, and stopped in a cluster of small trees....

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27 Jul Hill v. Swayne

             In December 2009 the plaintiff was injured in a collision with a small Honda leaving the driveway of a residence adjacent to Champlain Crescent near Hollyhock Lane in Vancouver, B.C....

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