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Administrative law 2025 BCSC 1220

Volpe v. Stojkovich

Judicial review of an RTB decision succeeded because the court found the arbitrator’s reasons inadequate and patently unreasonable.

  • Adequacy of reasons
  • Standard of review - patent unreasonableness
  • Mitigation
  • Assessment of damages
  • Expert evidence evaluation
  • Remittal
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Insurance law 2024 BCSC 446

Gark v. Lauzon

Supplemental reasons clarify a $175,000 future care award, itemizing the amounts and applying a 15% contingency to reflect likely deterioration.

  • Cost of future care
  • Statutory deductions under insurance (vehicle) act s.83
  • Multipliers and present value
  • Application of contingency
  • Expert evidence evaluation
  • Cost-of-future-care
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Tort 2021 BCSC 59

Palani v. Lin

Court awarded damages to the plaintiff for chronic soft-tissue and psychiatric injuries from a 2014 motor vehicle collision, including loss of earning capacity and future care.

  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Loss of earning capacity
  • Future care costs
  • Housekeeping/domestic services
  • Credibility findings
  • Psychiatric injury
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Tort 2020 BCSC 2014

McAuley v. Goodrich

The court found the motor vehicle accident caused chronic pain and fibromyalgia, awarding damages for non-pecuniary loss, past and future earning loss, future care, and housekeeping capacity.

  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Loss of earning capacity
  • Loss of housekeeping capacity
  • Future care costs
  • Causation
  • Credibility
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Copyright law 2020 FCA 101

CMRRA-SODRAC Inc. v. Apple Canada Inc.

The Court dismissed the applications for judicial review and upheld the Copyright Board's tariff decision as reasonable: the Board properly applied a deferential standard, reasonably preferred expert evidence (notably Dr. Reitman), reasonably found insufficient evidence to set a making-available tariff for the relevant period, and adequately addressed procedural fairness and allocation and rate-setting issues; no ground existed to set the decision aside.

  • Equitable remuneration
  • Making-available right
  • Tariff-setting
  • Standard of review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Expert evidence evaluation
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Tort - negligence 2019 BCSC 1145

Urwin v. Hanson

The court held the 2014 rear-end collision caused soft-tissue injuries, but not the 2018 disc herniation. Damages were set at $97,000.

  • Causation (material contribution)
  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Past wage loss
  • Loss of future earning capacity
  • Future care costs
  • Special damages
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Tort 2019 BCSC 950

Mladjo v. Etheridge

Liability was admitted and the court assessed damages after a 2016 motor vehicle accident. The plaintiff recovered for ongoing pain, future care, loss of earning capacity, and housekeeping loss.

  • Causation
  • Mitigation
  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Future care
  • Loss of earning capacity
  • Pre-existing condition exacerbation
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Family law 2016 BCSC 1515

D.J.D. v. M.L.D.

British Columbia family case on relocation held the parents’ circumstances had materially changed, but the children’s best interests favored remaining in the Tri-Cities.

  • Material change of circumstances
  • Best interests of the child
  • Shared parenting
  • Parenting time variation
  • Expert evidence evaluation
  • Child-relocation
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Torts 2014 BCSC 1795

Pistruga v. Garcia

Trial judgment on damages from two motor vehicle accidents. The court awarded Mr. Pistruga $393,485.39 against Mr. Garcia and dismissed the claim against Ms. Sterling.

  • Liability
  • Causation
  • Aggravation of pre-existing condition
  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Past and future income loss
  • Loss of housekeeping capacity
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Tort 2012 BCSC 546

Olson v. Ironside

Rear-end collision personal injury trial awarding damages for chronic pain, headaches, depression, PTSD, TMJ dysfunction, past wage loss, future care, and reduced earning capacity.

  • Whiplash injuries
  • Causation
  • Damages assessment
  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Loss of earning capacity
  • Expert evidence evaluation
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