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Who’s Suing Whom: March 30, 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

The Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Bernadette Jordan and Joyce Murray

Plaintiff

James Walkus Fishing Company

Claim

Damages for abuse of or misfeasance in public office and for expropriation of the plaintiff’s livestock after a 2020 order prohibiting salmon farms.

Defendant

Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Plaintiff

Canadian National Railway Company

Claim

$7,226,185 to cover expenses resulting from the derailment of a CP train on CN rail tracks in the Hope area in September 2020.

Defendant

Breathe Medical Manufacturing Ltd.

Plaintiffs

Shane Broesky and Anne-Marie Broesky

Claim

Damages and aggravated damages for wrongful dismissal as director and vice-president of business development (Anne-Marrie Broesky) and as director of operations and supply chain management (Shane Broesky).

Defendant

SmartCool Systems Inc.

Plaintiff

Damian Smith

Claim

US$150,000 in funding still due to the plaintiff as part of a merger of his Minnesota-based company, Total Energy Concepts Inc., and the B.C.-based defendant company.

Defendant

Kelowna Cabs (1981) Ltd.

Plaintiff

Telus Communications Inc.

Claim

$60,213 in amounts due under an agreement for Telus to provide wireless data and voice services for Kelowna Cabs.

Defendants

Waterpoint Financial Group Inc. and David John Nickel

Plaintiff

Randall Peter Rush

Claim

$2,268,590 to repurchase shares in a third party from the plaintiff as part of a share subscription agreement and US$700,000 to finish paying off a separate loan made by the plaintiff to Nickel.