Rankin (Rankin’s Garage & Sales) v. J.J., 2018 SCC 19
J and C were both minors and were drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana at C’s mother’s home. Sometime after midnight they left C’s mother’s home intending to steal valuables from unlocked cars. They entered an unsecure commercial car garage and checked for unlocked cars. C found an unlocked car and found the keys in the ashtray. C did not have his license and had never driven on the...
On January 11, 2010, Rosemary Ryan was driving her daughter’s car with her daughter as a passenger along Pitts Memorial Drive in Newfoundland. She moved to the left lane to allow room for traffic merging onto the highway when she was struck on her right side and then on her right rear bumper by Bernice Curlew’s vehicle. The court found that Ms. Curlew had been negligent when she collided with the Plaintiff.
Holly Grue was walking home following a community dance in the early morning hours of January 1, 2012 when she was struck by a Jeep driven by Ryan McLellan and owned by Greg McLaughlin. The accident left the Plaintiff with paraplegia and she will have to use a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
Ryan McLellan had grown up a few houses down from the McLaughlins and they took him under their wing because he...
Apostolidis v. Canadian Northern Shield Insurance Co., 2018 BCSC 481
The 78-year-old widower Plaintiff owned a large home in Kelowna that he insured with Canadian Northern Shield Insurance (hereafter “CNS”). The Plaintiff was away overnight at a Casino when the house fire occurred. The plaintiff swore a proof of loss in respect of the damage to the house, claiming $425,000. CNS denied the Plaintiff’s claim. CNS alleged the Plaintiff, or...
In 2009, the Plaintiff, 84-year-old Maria Persampieri, was a passenger in a motor vehicle that was rear-ended. The Plaintiff brought an action against the Defendants for damages. Defendants’ counsel gave the Plaintiff two options: withdraw the action on a without costs basis or proceed to trial.
At the mandatory pre-trial mediation, the Defendants admitted liability in exchange for the Plaintiff limiting...
