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Who’s Suing Whom: March 24, 2023

The latest from the B.C. Supreme Court
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The B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver

These corporate claims were filed with the B.C. Supreme Court registry in Vancouver.

Information is derived from notices of civil claim. Civil claims have not been tested or proven in court. 

Defendants

Atlas Corp. and Seaspan Ship Management Ltd.

Plaintiff

Marilyn Loewen-Mauritz

Claim

Damages for wrongful dismissal as the chief organizational development officer of the two companies for filing whistleblower complaints that the CEO was bullying senior employees at Seaspan Ship Management.

Defendants

Daniel James MacDonald and Northlite Electrical Solutions Ltd. and RPMG (Broadway) Holdings Ltd. and MadeFresh Foods

Plaintiff

Lindsay Dawn Purdy

Claim

Damages after the plaintiff, a visitor to a warehouse owned by the defendants, stepped off of a ladder to speak with MacDonald and fell through ceiling tiles to the floor below, causing injuries, including fractures in the spine.

Defendants

Daimler Trucks Canada Ltd. and Daimler Truck North America LLC and Daimler Truck AG

Plaintiff

Robert Stewart

Claim

Damages after a malfunction in a seat-heating system in a truck owned by the defendants and driven by the plaintiff caused second and third degree burns to the plaintiff’s buttocks and thighs.

Defendants

Rich-Tek Industries Ltd. and Community Fire Prevention Ltd. and Viking Fire Protection Inc.

Plaintiff

Fraser Health Authority

Claim

Damages after a sprinkler system installed, maintained and designed by the defendants failed at the Royal Columbian Hospital, causing a water leak at the hospital’s helipad level.

Defendant

Dr. Sing Sam Siew

Plaintiff

Drs. Hadianfar & Shivji Inc.

Claim

Damages for breach of contract after the defendant solicited customers from his previous dental practice with the defendant to his new practice.

Defendants

Axis Insurance Managers Inc. and Leila Ford and Jason Fogal

Plaintiffs

San Forest Products Ltd. and San Industries Ltd.

Claim

Damages for failing to identify or inform the plaintiffs of gaps in its insurance policy after a fire at a Port Alberni plant owned by the plaintiff destroyed a building and damaged another.

Defendants

W 710 Holdings Ltd. and R 1090 Holdings Ltd.

Plaintiff

Barriere Ridge Resort Ltd.

Claim

Damages after logging conducted by one defendant for the other damaged a road servicing the plaintiff’s resort, and after work done by W 710 damaged a telemetry cable connected to the resort’s water reservoir and pump house, among other issues.

Defendants

Suhel Popatia and 0979154 B.C. Ltd.

Plaintiff

Imran Osman

Claim

Damages for breach and repudiation of a succession agreement that would have seen the plaintiff take over the defendant’s business, Assante Wealth Management.