Dorsett v. Sahib

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeMatthews
Citation2018 BCSC 1884
Date31 October 2018
Docket NumberM167730

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6 practice notes
  • Jahanian v. Jahanian,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • September 28, 2021
    ...does not provide a non-negligent explanation or otherwise negate the inference of negligence, the plaintiff succeeds: Dorsett v. Sahib, 2018 BCSC 1884 at paras. 8-9 [Dorsett]; Gaebel v. Lipka, 2017 BCCA 432 at para. 25 [Gaebel], leave to appeal ref’d [2018] S.C.C.A. No. [22] &#x......
  • Boyle v. Luc,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 9, 2021
    ...evidence providing details about what occurred. [5]            In Dorsett v Sahib, 2018 BCSC 1884, Justice Matthews outlined the proper approach to findings about negligence in cases where the evidence is [8] In Fontaine v. British Colu......
  • Nightingale v. Sponarski,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • July 28, 2022
    ...not necessarily lead to the result that the following driver was negligent. [25]       In Dorsett v. Sahib, 2018 BCSC 1884 at paras. 61-64, Madam Justice Matthews set out some relevant law concerning rear-end collisions as [61]     ......
  • Cooper v. Clements,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • April 17, 2023
    ...on the road’s surface resulted in the following driver being unable to stop; and c)    In Dorsett v. Sahib, 2018 BCSC 1884 at paras. 59–67, the Court found that the following driver was not negligent in striking the lead vehicle, which had stopped dead in i......
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  • Jahanian v. Jahanian,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • September 28, 2021
    ...does not provide a non-negligent explanation or otherwise negate the inference of negligence, the plaintiff succeeds: Dorsett v. Sahib, 2018 BCSC 1884 at paras. 8-9 [Dorsett]; Gaebel v. Lipka, 2017 BCCA 432 at para. 25 [Gaebel], leave to appeal ref’d [2018] S.C.C.A. No. [22] &#x......
  • Boyle v. Luc,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 9, 2021
    ...evidence providing details about what occurred. [5]            In Dorsett v Sahib, 2018 BCSC 1884, Justice Matthews outlined the proper approach to findings about negligence in cases where the evidence is [8] In Fontaine v. British Colu......
  • Nightingale v. Sponarski,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • July 28, 2022
    ...not necessarily lead to the result that the following driver was negligent. [25]       In Dorsett v. Sahib, 2018 BCSC 1884 at paras. 61-64, Madam Justice Matthews set out some relevant law concerning rear-end collisions as [61]     ......
  • Cooper v. Clements,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • April 17, 2023
    ...on the road’s surface resulted in the following driver being unable to stop; and c)    In Dorsett v. Sahib, 2018 BCSC 1884 at paras. 59–67, the Court found that the following driver was not negligent in striking the lead vehicle, which had stopped dead in i......
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