Cojocaru v. British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Center et al., [2009] B.C.T.C. Uned. 494

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
JudgeGroves, J.
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
Citation[2009] B.C.T.C. Uned. 494,2009 BCSC 494,[2009] B.C.T.C. Uned. 494 (SC)
Date09 April 2009
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    ...SCR 267 [ Thornton ]. 22 [1978] 2 SCR 287. 23 See Cojocaru (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre , 2009 BCSC 494 at para 366, var’d on other grounds 2013 SCC 30, where the court calculated the hours that the mother spent caring for her son that went ab......
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    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Limiting Principles
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    ...(SC) ........................................217 Cojocaru (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, 2009 BCSC 494, rev’d 2011 BCCA 192, var’d on other grounds 2013 SCC 30 .........................................................................136, 169, 1......
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    ...BCSC 291 [ Guerineau ]: $50,000 to each parent; Cojocaru (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre , 2009 BCSC 494, rev’d 2011 BCCA 192, var’d on other grounds 2013 SCC 30 [ Cojocaru ]. 28 McCloskey v Lymn (1996), 26 BCLR (3d) 118 (SC); Suveges v Martens ,......
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    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • April 14, 2011
    ...respondents' cross- appeals of the award of damages, launched in each appeal, were abandoned. [3] The reasons for judgment are indexed as 2009 BCSC 494. The trial judge found each of the appellants liable in negligence and awarded damages as follows: To the infant plaintiff - --Cost of futu......
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    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • April 14, 2011
    ...respondents' cross- appeals of the award of damages, launched in each appeal, were abandoned. [3] The reasons for judgment are indexed as 2009 BCSC 494. The trial judge found each of the appellants liable in negligence and awarded damages as follows: To the infant plaintiff - --Cost of futu......
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    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 24, 2013
    ...the Hospital, Nurse Bellini and three doctors liable in negligence and awarded damages to the plaintiffs in the amount of $4 million (2009 BCSC 494, 65 C.C.L.T. (3d) 75 ). The trial judge's reasons reproduced large portions of the submissions of the plaintiffs. However, he did not accept a......
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    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 24, 2013
    ...the Hospital, Nurse Bellini and three doctors liable in negligence and awarded damages to the plaintiffs in the amount of $4 million (2009 BCSC 494, 65 C.C.L.T. (3d) 75 ). The trial judge's reasons reproduced large portions of the submissions of the plaintiffs. However, he did not accept a......
  • Clost v. Relkie et al.,
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    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • September 20, 2012
    ...Mathews , 2001 BCCA 206; Blackstock v. Patterson Estate (1982), 35 B.C.L.R. 231 (C.A.), Cojocaru v. British Columbia Women's Hospital , 2009 BCSC 494, Morrison (Committee of) v. Cormier Vegetation Control Ltd. , [1998] B.C.J. No. 3279 (S.C.), Spehar (Guardian ad litem) v. Beazley , 2004 BCC......
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  • Deductions from Damages: Collateral Benefits
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Limiting Principles
    • June 21, 2014
    ...SCR 267 [ Thornton ]. 22 [1978] 2 SCR 287. 23 See Cojocaru (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre , 2009 BCSC 494 at para 366, var’d on other grounds 2013 SCC 30, where the court calculated the hours that the mother spent caring for her son that went ab......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Limiting Principles
    • June 21, 2014
    ...(SC) ........................................217 Cojocaru (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, 2009 BCSC 494, rev’d 2011 BCCA 192, var’d on other grounds 2013 SCC 30 .........................................................................136, 169, 1......
  • Compensation for Personal Injury
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Compensatory Damages
    • June 21, 2014
    ...BCSC 291 [ Guerineau ]: $50,000 to each parent; Cojocaru (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre , 2009 BCSC 494, rev’d 2011 BCCA 192, var’d on other grounds 2013 SCC 30 [ Cojocaru ]. 28 McCloskey v Lymn (1996), 26 BCLR (3d) 118 (SC); Suveges v Martens ,......
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    • January 1, 2019
    ...]. 25 2007 NLCA 40, 267 Nfld & PEIR 344. 26 Cojocaru (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia Women’s Hospital & Health Centre , 2009 BCSC 494 at para 306, [2009] CarswellBC 917. 27 [1978] 2 SCR 229 at para 242, 1978 CanLII 1 (SCC) [ Andrews ]. 28 Williams (Guardian ad litem of) v Low, 199......