21 Aug Tsang v. Borg

             The plaintiff claims damages for injury and loss sustained in a motor vehicle collision that occurred on December 22, 2008, on East Broadway Street near Renfrew in the city of Vancouver. The plaintiff’s vehicle was struck from behind. Liability is admitted. The trial proceeded on the issue of damages only....

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17 Aug Morgan v. Scott

           The plaintiff, Mr. Morgan, seeks damages arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on August 29, 2009 (“the Accident”). The trial occupied two and one-half days. The plaintiff called three witnesses. Liability was admitted, though the defendant, Mr. Scott, gave brief evidence describing the circumstances of the Accident.Overview...

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16 Aug Lau v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

           On December 28, 2009, the plaintiff Victa Lau, aged 22, was driving a 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STI that he and his father, the plaintiff Yu Jung Lau, had purchased just over two months before, at a cost of $41,287.21.  There was an accident.  The Subaru Victa Lau was driving collided with another vehicle.  Victa Lau was determined by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (“ICBC”), the defendant in these proceedings, to be solely at fault for the accident, which resulted in the total loss of the Subaru, and claims against the plaintiffs by the occupants of the other vehicle.  The claims remain unresolved....

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15 Aug Small v. Upshaw

           The plaintiff in this matter was injured in three motor vehicle accidents. He was 17 years old at the first accident, 19 at the second, and 20 at the third. He sustained soft tissue injuries in all three collisions. The defendants have admitted liability for the collisions. They do not require that damages be allocated in accord with the harm done by each accident....

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14 Aug Dazham v. Nachar

             THE COURT:  This is an application in the first instance to sever liability issues from damages or quantum, or alternatively to adjourn a four-day trial, all set for the 4th of September, less than a month hence....

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14 Aug Peragine v. Serena

           This action arises out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on Friday, March 13, 2009 at the intersection of Willingdon Avenue and Pender Street in Burnaby B.C....

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13 Aug Springer v. Kee

           On December 12, 2008, the plaintiff, Ashley Springer, and the defendant Po Ngo Kee (Ms. Kee) were driving eastbound on Sprott Street in Burnaby at about 5:30 p.m. As the parties neared an upcoming intersection, the traffic in front came to a halt. The plaintiff stopped and as the defendant was slowing down, her car was struck from behind and pushed underneath the back of the plaintiff’s car....

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10 Aug Fairchild v. British Columbia (Vancouver Coastal Health Authority)

           The plaintiff appeals a Registrar’s decision disallowing and, in some cases, reducing certain disbursements incurred in the course of preparing her personal injury action for trial. The Registrar’s hearing followed a settlement of a complex medical malpractice action in which both liability–more specifically, causation–and quantum were in issue....

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