30 Jan HMTQ v. Beacon Community Services Society

             This is an application by the defendants, Beacon Community Services Society and Rickey Gordon Fonger, to strike a claim by the plaintiff, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia. The Province is seeking to recover health care costs from the defendant insurers. The question is whether the Province is out of time....

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27 Jan Abdalle v. British Columbia (Public Safety and Solicitor General)

             This action is for damages for injuries the plaintiff Ismail Abdalle received in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on May 8, 2007. His vehicle was struck while proceeding through the intersection of Westminster Highway and Garden City Road in Richmond by the vehicle driven by Constable Claudio Maurizio, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Constable Maurizio was on duty at the time of the collision....

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27 Jan Rutter v. Allen

             Mr. Rutter sues for damages arising from a four-vehicle accident that occurred on December 15, 2006. At approximately 11:45 a.m., Mr. Rutter was returning to his home in Coquitlam from work in Langley. He was travelling westbound on the Trans-Canada Highway on the Johnston Hill, approaching the Port Mann Bridge. The traffic was quite heavy....

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26 Jan Moukhine v. Collins

             This is a claim for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident which occurred on April 23, 2007, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The plaintiff Serguei Moukhine was driving to work when he was rear-ended as he was stopped waiting to turn left onto Marine Way....

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26 Jan Zawislak v. Karbovanec

             THE COURT:  Janice Zawislak suffered injuries in a motor vehicle accident on January 14, 2009. Liability is not in issue and the defendants admit that Ms. Zawislak was injured in the accident. The defendants agree with the past wage loss being claimed; however, they submit that Ms. Zawislak is exaggerating the nature, extent and duration of the injuries she suffered in the motor vehicle accident....

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24 Jan Milburn v. Ernst

             On a rainy Vancouver night in March 2007, the plaintiff Thomas Milburn, while stopped at a traffic light on his motorcycle, was struck from behind by a motor vehicle driven by the defendant, Patrick Ernst....

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19 Jan Chase v. The Municipality of Surrey

             This is an application by the Municipality of Surrey (“Surrey”) to dismiss the claims of Mr. Chase for theft, malicious prosecution, harassment, abuse of power (by which I assume he means the tort of abuse of process), and an alleged breach of Mr. Chase’s section 2(b) Charter rights with respect to his right to freedom of expression....

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18 Jan Jarmson v. Jacobsen

             At approximately 5 p.m. on July 27, 2008, Mr. Jarmson’s motorcycle collided with the defendant’s car on Highway 6 near Edgewood, B.C., seriously injuring Mr. Jarmson and his passenger, his 15 year old daughter, Lindsay. This action concerns only Mr. Jarmson’s claims....

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17 Jan Cameron v. Hsu

             On Friday, November 7, 2008, between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., the plaintiff, Brent Cameron, was driving his motor vehicle, a mid-size sedan. He had just completed his work week. He was travelling east on to Imperial Way in Burnaby, British Columbia, when the vehicle in front of him stopped abruptly. He was able to stop his vehicle. Looking in his rear-view mirror, he noticed the vehicle behind him travelling towards him. Mr. Cameron braced himself as he believed that the vehicle would not stop. The vehicle behind him, owned by the defendant, Fong Hsu, and driven by the defendant, Yun Lo, struck the rear of Mr. Cameron’s vehicle. As a result, Mr. Cameron’s vehicle was pushed forward, striking the rear of the vehicle in front of him. The second collision sent Mr. Cameron back into his seat. At the time of the collision, Mr. Cameron was wearing his seatbelt....

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