15 Dec De Gaye v. Bhullar

             This is an action for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on March 16, 2005 in Surrey, B.C. at the intersection of 92nd Avenue and 132 Street. Liability is admitted by the defendants. The quantum of damages is the sole issue in dispute....

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14 Dec Wocknitz v. Donaldson

             THE COURT:  This is an application brought by the defendants for orders that Rule 15-1 cease to apply in this motor vehicle action, that the plaintiff submit to examination by two medical practitioners, first of all, by a physiatrist, Dr. Apel at 420, 1011 Glenmore Trail Southwest, in Calgary, Alberta, on February 18, 2011, and secondly, by a psychiatrist, Dr. Joy, with proposed dates for that examination on February 16 or 23 of 2011....

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10 Dec Cripps v. Overend

             The 36-year-old plaintiff, Robert Cripps, claims damages for personal injuries resulting from a motor vehicle accident on April 22, 2006. He was wearing his seatbelt in the front passenger seat of a Dodge 4 x 4 truck driven by his father-in-law, Glenn Olinek, travelling northbound on 168th Street in Surrey. The truck was struck on the right side, in a T-bone type impact, by the defendants’ car, which came through a stop sign at a high speed. The significant impact caused the truck to spin in a circle and fly across a ditch before landing on a lawn. Mr. Cripps was jolted and his body impacted the interior of the truck. Damage to the truck was extensive and the passenger door was jammed. Mr. Cripps was assisted out the driver’s door. He was dazed. He was aware of impacts to his head and right knee, and felt severe pain in his rib cage. He had difficulty breathing and received oxygen from ambulance attendants. Following the advice of the ambulance attendants regarding a lengthy wait time at the hospital, he and Mr. Olinek took a taxi home....

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09 Dec OConnell v. Yung

           The plaintiff, Pamela O’Connell, was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident on November 27, 2007, when a tractor-trailer struck her Volvo and crushed it against a wall inside the Massey Tunnel near Delta, B.C.  She suffered many injuries, including severe traumatic brain injury.  She brings this action by her Litigation Guardian and husband, Barry O’Connell....

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03 Dec Bassi v. Bassi

             THE COURT:  On July 17, 2005, at approximately 5:00 to 5:30 a.m., the defendant, Talwinder Bassi, while driving eastbound on Highway 3A between the villages of Keremeos and Olalla, swerved off the travelled portion of the roadway across the paved shoulder and onto the gravel shoulder to his right.  He then swerved sharply to his left, crossed the eastbound and westbound lanes of the highway crossing the paved shoulder and ending up on the gravel shoulder of the westbound lane.  As he sought to correct his vehicle's momentum, it rolled over one complete revolution ending up with its rear wheels in the westbound lane's ditch and his front wheels on the westbound lane's shoulder....

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02 Dec Mund v. Braun

             The defendant seeks orders pursuant to Rules 7-6 of the Civil Rules of Court that the plaintiff submit to a medical (neurological) examination by Dr. V. Makin on Friday, December 3, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. at #201 – 527 – 17 Street, West Vancouver, British Columbia. The plaintiff consents to that, but objects to extending it to include electro-diagnostic testing Dr. Makin wishes to conduct, should his clinical examination and history taken from the plaintiff lead him to see it as necessary to form or confirm his diagnosis....

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01 Dec Bergman v. Standen

           The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident on February 28, 2006. Liability for the accident is admitted. The matter is before the court for an assessment of damages.The Accident...

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01 Dec Warkentin v. Riggs

           Crystal Warkentin claims damages for injuries that she sustained in a motor vehicle accident (the “accident”) on March 14, 2005. She was driving west on Old Clayburn Road near the intersection of Old Clayburn Road and Immel Street in Abbotsford. She was driving a 2001 Mazda MX5 vehicle. Glenda Riggs, the defendant, was driving a Ford Ranger pickup truck. The pickup truck struck the Mazda on the passenger side, damaging it from the rear wheel well to the front wheel well. The force of the impact propelled the Mazda to the south, across the eastbound lanes of traffic. The Mazda came to rest on the south side of Old Clayburn Road to the west of the point of impact. The defendant admits liability for the collision....

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