10 Nov Hinder v. Yellow Cab Company Ltd.

            Tanja Hinder (“the Plaintiff”) is suing the Yellow Cab Company Ltd. (“the Defendant Company”) and Sukhdev Singh Pannu (“the Defendant Driver”) for damages in relation to injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident (“the accident”) that occurred on December 16, 2010 in Vancouver, BC....

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03 Nov Gonopolsky v. Hammerston

             The plaintiff has asked the Court to determine if the plaintiff had sufficient reason to commence her personal injury action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and thereby entitle her to costs of the action pursuant to Rule 14-1(10) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009 and to costs of the application. The defendant opposes the application....

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30 Oct Peer v. Michaud

             The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident on March 19, 2011. She was a seat-belted front passenger in a 2011 Toyota SUV. According to the plaintiff’s submission, the circumstances of the accident were that the defendant had suddenly turned left immediately in front of the SUV in which the plaintiff was riding, causing in excess of $15,000.00 damage to the SUV....

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27 Oct Tomana v. Galvin

            THE COURT:  On the morning of 20 August 2010, Ms. Tomana was driving her car southbound on Blanshard Street in Saanich, B.C. In the car with her, seated in the passenger's seat, was her husband Balraj Singh Tomana. While stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Blanshard and Saanich Road, Ms. Tomana's vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle being driven by the defendant, Mr. Galvin....

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21 Oct Litt v. Hassan

             The plaintiff, a taxi driver, claims damages for injuries he suffered in two separate motor vehicle collisions involving his taxi vehicle (“Taxi”)....

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19 Oct Zaluski v. Verth

             The plaintiff seeks damages for injuries that she received in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on January 2, 2011 ("MVA"). The plaintiff seeks compensation for non-pecuniary damages, past wage loss, loss of future earning capacity, special damages and cost of future care....

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19 Oct Picco v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

             The plaintiff, Thomas Lane Picco, claims damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident (the “Accident”) that occurred on July 1, 2009. The plaintiff’s vehicle, a GMC Yukon, was struck by a police car which propelled the plaintiff’s vehicle into the path of an oncoming car that struck his truck head on....

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15 Oct Jones v. Arjun

             In my Reasons for Judgment, indexed at 2013 BCSC 1313, I awarded the plaintiff, Thomas Jones, damages totalling $268,420.20 in respect of injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on August 9, 2008 (the “First Accident”). ...

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