This decision relates to an assessment of the bill of costs of the plaintiff, which is attached to the appointment filed March 28, 2013. Many of the tariff items have been agreed upon. I have made a decision on those few tariff items which were not agreed to. The most contentious issues relate to certain disbursements and those issues will be dealt with here.Background...
This appointment concerns one disbursement claimed for by the Plaintiff following the settlement of a personal injury claim....
On August 21, 2012, I filed written reasons for judgement in respect to the plaintiffs claims for damages following a motor vehicle collision. Liability was not in issue; the trial was limited to an assessment of damages....
The plaintiff, Christopher Andrusko, was involved in a motor vehicle accident on January 3, 2008 in Fort St. John. His vehicle collided with the vehicle driven by the defendant, Alison Alexander, and owned by her husband, the defendant Lee Hickman. Both were driving on a wintry afternoon and approaching each other from opposite directions on the same street. Mr. Andrusko hit Ms. Alexanders car while she was trying to make a left-hand turn....
The plaintiff, Dr. Gohar Sheikh, claimed damages arising from a motor vehicle accident in 2009. The matter proceeded to trial before me commencing June 4, 2012. Reasons were issued July 18, 2012: Sheikh v. Struys, 2012 BCSC 1071 (the Reasons). The claim was dismissed on the basis that Dr. Sheikh had not proven liability on the part of Mr. Struys. In light of my finding that there was no liability, I did not address the various damage issues in the Reasons....
The plaintiff seeks damages arising from a motor vehicle accident, which occurred on May 29, 2007 (the Accident)....
This is an application by the defendants in a motor vehicle action to withdraw an admission of liability and to amend their Response to Civil Claim....
This action involves a claim for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident which occurred July 8, 2007 on Highway 97, a short distance north of the town of Oyama, B.C., which part of the Municipality of Lake Country, B.C located in the Okanagan Valley....
Melissa McKenzie (the plaintiff) is suing Jaspal S. Sidhu and Safeco Trucklines Ltd. (the defendants) in negligence for damages in relation to injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident (the accident) that occurred on July 18, 2008. The accident occurred when Mr. Sidhu, driving a large tractor-trailer, attempted to make a left turn into a commercial driveway across a busy thoroughfare and the trailer collided with the rear left side of the plaintiffs vehicle. The defendant Safeco Trucklines Ltd. was the registered owner of the tractor unit and the defendant Sidhu was its owner/operator. Liability for the accident is in issue, as is the quantum of damages sought by the plaintiff for injuries she alleges were caused by the accident. The plaintiff seeks non-pecuniary damages, special damages, future income loss, loss of earning capacity, cost of future care and special costs for the days of the trial spent on liability....
The plaintiffs claim is against the Corporation of the Village of Burns Lake (Burns Lake) and five members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)....