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Civil procedure 2022 BCSC 2403

Ali v. Aujla

The court dismissed defendants’ applications for an adjournment, further discovery, and an updated IME, finding no basis beyond passage of time and ordering costs to the plaintiff.

  • Examinations for discovery
  • Independent medical examination
  • Adjournment
  • Production of documents
  • Costs
  • Examinations-for-discovery
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Civil procedure 2022 BCSC 1111

Ferguson v. Guthrie

The court dismissed a defendant’s application for a fourth medical examination, finding no evidence that a proposed functional capacity and cost of future care assessment was necessary.

  • Independent medical examination
  • Functional capacity evaluation
  • Cost of future care
  • Expert evidence
  • Proportionality
  • Overlap and bolstering
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Civil procedure 2021 BCSC 2182

Economou v. Zoppa

Late defence applications for two initiating IMEs were refused because they came after the 84-day deadline and reflected an impermissible wait-and-see approach.

  • Independent medical examination
  • Timing of expert reports
  • Adjournment
  • Special costs
  • Prognosis
  • Responsive expert reports
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Civil procedure 2021 BCSC 1419

Pearson v. Deol

The court denied a defence application to compel a vocational assessment and functional capacity evaluation, finding they were unnecessary and likely prejudicial.

  • Independent medical examination
  • Functional capacity evaluation
  • Vocational assessment
  • Necessity and prejudice test
  • Costs
  • Independent-medical-examination
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Civil procedure 2021 BCSC 1053

Marcon v. Lacasse

The court dismissed the defendant’s application to compel a Functional Capacity Evaluation, finding it would duplicate an earlier orthopedic examination.

  • Court-ordered medical examination
  • Functional capacity evaluation
  • Independent medical examination
  • Expert evidence
  • Supreme court civil rule 7-6
  • Functional-capacity-evaluation
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Civil procedure 2021 BCSC 1013

Tong v. Biggar

The court granted a defence application for an independent medical examination by a rheumatologist, finding it necessary to address a fibromyalgia diagnosis and not unfairly late.

  • Rule 7-6
  • Independent medical examination
  • Fibromyalgia diagnosis
  • Expert reports
  • Pre-trial discovery
  • Costs
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Personal injury 2021 BCSC 1086

Peters v. Morrison

The court dismissed the defendant’s application for psychiatric and neurological independent medical examinations, finding necessity was not shown and costs were awarded in the cause.

  • Independent medical examination
  • Concussion
  • Psychiatric assessment
  • Expert reports
  • Costs
  • Independent-medical-examination
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Civil procedure 2019 BCSC 1477

Larsen v. Karimi

The court allowed a further orthopaedic IME after 2018 back surgeries and the passage of time, and varied the costs order.

  • Independent medical examination
  • Rule 7-6 discovery
  • Expert reports
  • Rehearing standard
  • Costs entitlement
  • Independent-medical-examination
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Civil procedure 2017 BCSC 1981

Wang v. Wang

The court dismissed the defendant’s application for a neurological IME under Rule 7-6(1), finding it was not necessary to ensure trial equality.

  • Independent medical examination
  • Rule 7-6(1) supreme court civil rules
  • Expert evidence
  • Costs
  • Independent-medical-examination
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil procedure 2017 BCSC 2743

Babinski v. Lee

The court dismissed a defendant’s late application for an independent medical examination and extension of time, finding no reasonable explanation for delay and unfair prejudice.

  • Independent medical examination
  • Rule 22-4(2)
  • 84-day deadline
  • Timeliness and delay
  • Prejudice
  • Costs
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