Stokke v. Lane and Black, (1991) 92 Sask.R. 219 (QB)

• Judge: Hunter, J.
• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
• Case Date: March 22, 1991
• Jurisdiction: Saskatchewan
• Citations: (1991), 92 Sask.R. 219 (QB)

Stokke v. Lane (1991), 92 Sask.R. 219 (QB)

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Kenneth Stokke (plaintiff) v. Heather Lane and John Black (defendants)

(No. 3070 A.D. 1988)

Indexed As: Stokke v. Lane and Black

Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial Centre of Regina

Hunter, J.

March 22, 1991.

Summary:

The plaintiff motorcyclist suffered injuries in a collision with a truck driven and owned by the defendants, who were impecunious. The motorcyclist elected to receive the statutory benefit under the Automobile Accident Insurance Act. Saskatchewan Government Insurance accordingly paid the motorcyclist $200,000, being the maximum amount payable under s. 42(2)(e) of the Act. The issue in this case was whether the statutory limit included prejudgment interest.

The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench held that the limit prescribed by s. 42(2) of the Automobile Accident Insurance Act included prejudgment interest.

Insurance - Topic 5015

Automobile insurance - Statutory government schemes - Liability coverage - Policy limits - The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench held that the monetary limit of $200,000 in s. 42(2) of the Automobile Accident Insurance Act included prejudgment interest.

Interest - Topic 5490

As damages (prejudgment interest) - Particular claims - Insurance - [See Insurance - Topic 5015 ].

Cases Noticed:

Pagliarella v. DiBiase Brothers Inc. et al. (1989), 33 O.A.C. 28 (C.A.), consd. [para. 6].

Blanchard et al. v. Oribhabor et al. (1978), 22 O.R.(2d) 600 (H.C.J.), refd to. [para. 9].

Schmidt v. Home Insurance Co., [1985] 1 L.R. 1-1869 (Ont. H.C.J.), refd to. [para. 9].

Hillier v. Bates et al; Allstate Insurance Co., Third Party (1981), 53 N.S.R.(2d) 489; 109 A.P.R. 489; 130 D.L.R.(3d) 735 (S.C.), consd. [para. 10].

Heney et al. v. Superintendent of Insurance for Ontario et al. (1983), 42 O.R.(2d) 263 (H.C.J.), refd to. [para. 11].

Stamper v. Finnigan, Via Rail Canada Inc., Canadian National Railway Company and New Brunswick (1986), 75 N.B.R.(2d) 301; 188 A.P.R. 301; 22 C.C.L.I. 283 (Q.B.); (1987), 81 N.B.R.(2d) 213; 205 A.P.R. 213; 26 C.C.L.I. 207 (C.A.), not folld. [para. 12].

Migliore et al. v. Gerard (1987), 26 C.C.L.I. 226 (Ont. H.C.J.), consd. [para. 14].

Dowling v. Dunbar et al. (1989), 79 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 31; 246 A.P.R. 31; 41 C.C.L.I. 227 (P.E.I.T.D.), consd. [para. 15].

Stephanishin v. Becic (1989), 39 C.C.L.I. 151, refd to. [para. 16].

Townsend v. Johnston (1988), 19 B.C.L.R.(2d) 370 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 16].

Harrand v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office (1979), 7 Sask.R. 188 (C.A.), dist. [para. 24].

Piedmontese Breeding Co-operative v. Madill (1985), 40 Sask.R. 144 (C.A.), dist. [para. 24].

Horseshoe Creek Farms Ltd. v. Sterling Structures Co. Ltd., Ferguson and Swertz (No. 2) (1982), 15 Sask.R. 57 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 26].

Statutes Noticed:

Automobile Accident Insurance Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. A-35, sect. 42(1) [para. 4]; sect. 42(2) [paras. 5, 20, 33-35]; sect. 42(2)(e) [paras. 2, 4-5]; sect. 44(1) [paras. 20, 32]; sect. 44(1)(c) [para. 30].

Civil Procedure Act (Lord Tenterden's Act), 1833, 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 42, sect. XXIX [para. 22].

Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1950, c. 218, sect. 209(1) [paras. 7-8]; sect. 219 [para. 7].

Lord Tenterden's Act - see Civil Procedure Act.

Prejudgment Interest Act, S.S. 1984-85-86, c. P-22.2, sect. 5(1) [para. 23].

Queen's Bench Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. Q-1, sect. 47(3) [paras. 22, 24-25]; sect. 47.1 [para. 22].

Saskatchewan Insurance Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. S-26, sect. 194(1) [para. 17]; sect. 199 [para. 20]; sect. 204(1) [paras. 17, 20, 22].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Brown and Menezes, Insurance Law in Canada (1982), p. 31 [para. 18].

Driedger, E.A., Construction of Statutes (1983), p. 121 [para. 31].

Saskatchewan Law Reform Commission, The Status of English Law in Saskatchewan (1990), p. 215 [para. 23].

Counsel:

F.C. Zinkhan, for the plaintiff;

D.A. Phillips, for the defendants.

This case was heard before Hunter, J., of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench, Judicial Centre of Regina, whose decision was delivered on March 22, 1991.