08 Sep Van Den Hemel v. Kugathasan

             The plaintiff claims damages for negligence. Two actions were tried together. The first action is the plaintiff versus Kugathasan. That action arises out of a motor vehicle accident in Richmond, British Columbia April 21, 2006. Liability is admitted. The second action is the plaintiff versus Mo. That action arises out of a motor vehicle accident in Richmond, British Columbia on July 18, 2006. Liability is admitted. One counsel acts for both defendants. In each action, the defendant pled contributory negligence. In both actions that pleading was abandoned. I must assess the damages. The case proceeded on the assumption that no thought need be given to apportioning (so to speak) the award of damages between defendants. Nor could it be in the circumstances that obtain here for the evidence reveals injuries which are, for the purposes of the law, indivisible: Bradley v. Groves, 2010 BCCA 361....