30 Dec Etson v. Loblaw Companies Limited (Real Canadian Superstore)

           On November 28, 2008, the plaintiff, then 76 years old, tripped over the corner of a wooden pallet in the defendant’s Superstore, fell down, and broke her hip.  She had surgery to pin her hip together but within nine months the hardware failed and she had to have two further operations: one to remove the hardware and another to replace her entire hip.  Fortunately, the last surgery was successful and the plaintiff is finally on the road to recovery....

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30 Dec Jackson v. Mongrain

           The plaintiff claims damages for negligence arising out of a motor vehicle accident which occurred on April 8, 2006 on the Lougheed Highway. The vehicle in which the plaintiff was a passenger was stopped in the left lane for eastbound traffic waiting for the vehicle ahead of it to complete a manoeuvre. The defendant drove her vehicle into the rear of the vehicle in which the plaintiff was seated. That the defendant was negligent is admitted. A pleading of contributory negligence is not pressed. That the plaintiff was injured is accepted by the defendant. A failure by the plaintiff to mitigate his loss is alleged by the defendant....

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30 Dec Hamilton v. Demandre

             THE COURT:  In this personal injury action, the defendant seeks an order that the plaintiff attend and submit to (a) an independent medical examination with Dr. Desmond Bell on January 7, 2011, at 12:00 p.m., and (b) balance testing conducted by Art Malinson at 8:00 a.m. that same day....

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24 Dec Bain v. Bain

           Mr. Bain seeks increased access to his two children; Tyra, age 11, and Alanna, age 8. As well he sought to vary child maintenance ordered by R. Holmes J. on June 12, 2006. He also sought an accounting of monies held in trust although no material was put in front of me regarding that and indeed not mentioned in his outline....

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23 Dec Hambrook v. Sandhu

             This is an assessment of the defendants’ costs. The underlying claim arose as a result of a motor vehicle accident which occurred on February 29, 2004. This action was commenced April 4, 2005. The defence filed shortly thereafter denied liability....

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23 Dec Madill v. Sithivong

             The plaintiff, Ronald Edward Madill, claims damages against the defendants for injuries arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred June 28, 2004 on Clearbrook Road in Abbotsford, British Columbia.  At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was a passenger in a motor vehicle owned by the defendant, Super H Holdings Ltd., and operated by the defendant, Charles Peter Howard.  The action against Super H Holdings Ltd. has been discontinued....

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22 Dec Lee v. Jarvie

             In 2004, the plaintiff Stanley Lee was a 27-year old recent graduate from Simon Fraser University. Mr. Lee was single, living on his own and working as a clerk at Overwaitea Save-on-Foods in Coquitlam, British Columbia....

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17 Dec Borgfjord v. Penner

             The plaintiff lives in Powell River, British Columbia. At about six o’clock in the evening of October 10, 2010, the plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident that occurred just south of Powell River, on Highway 101....

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17 Dec Cross v. Cross

             On September 5, 2008, the plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile, owned by his mother (the defendant Gail Theresa Zeilstra) and driven by his brother (the defendant Spencer Cross). The vehicle was struck by another automobile operated by the defendant Christian David McLean Bouwman....

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