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Tort 2025 BCSC 541

K.K.M. v. Greif

The court found the defendant liable for sexual battery and awarded the plaintiff $266,750 plus $1,609.52 under the Health Care Costs Recovery Act.

  • Sexual battery
  • Liability
  • Causation
  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Past pecuniary loss
  • Future pecuniary loss
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Class actions 2022 BCSC 2288

British Columbia v. Purdue Pharma Inc.

The court approved two opioid-class-action settlements with Purdue Canada and Roxane, and certified the Canadian Governments class for settlement purposes only.

  • Settlement approval
  • Certification for settlement purposes
  • Bar order
  • Release of claims
  • Security interest
  • Duty to warn
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Class actions 2022 BCSC 1

British Columbia v. Apotex Inc.

The court allowed British Columbia to further amend its opioid-cost recovery claim, dismissed most strike applications, and permitted Noramco to be added as a defendant.

  • Opioid epidemic liability
  • Failure to warn
  • Negligent design
  • Misrepresentation and deceit
  • Public nuisance
  • Unjust enrichment
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Torts 2015 BCSC 1164

Hutton v. Breitkreutz

The court found the defendant liable for a head-on collision after rejecting the black-ice defence, then awarded damages for pain, loss of earnings, care, and expenses.

  • Liability
  • Inevitable accident
  • Contributory negligence
  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Past wage loss
  • Future loss of earning capacity
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Civil procedure 2013 ONCA 642

Ontario (Attorney General) v. Rothmans Inc.

The Court fixed costs at $237,332.50 all inclusive because the appeals were complex and high stakes, the Crown reasonably incurred the claimed costs responding to five related but distinct appeals, there is no general $100,000 ceiling for appellate costs, and it was appropriate to apportion costs 75% to the BAT appellants and 25% to the RJR appellants payable jointly and severally by each group.

  • Costs award
  • Partial indemnity
  • Apportionment of costs
  • Jurisdictional challenge
  • Stay/dismiss motion
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