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Who's getting sued: June 27, 2022

These corporate claims were filed with the BC Supreme Court registry in Vancouver. Information is derived from notices of civil claim. Civil claims have not been tested or proven in court.
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These corporate claims were filed with the BC Supreme Court registry in Vancouver. Information is derived from notices of civil claim. Civil claims have not been tested or proven in court.  

Defendant

Erikson National Energy Inc.

Plaintiff

The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality

Claim

$7,027,448 for outstanding property taxes.

Defendants

Catalyst Contracting Ltd. and J. Bannister Homes Ltd. and National Home Warranty Group inc. and Aviva Insurance Company of Canada and Clayton Gerald Zacharias and Louise Zacharias and Michael McCann and ABC Corps.

Plaintiffs

William Hogarth and Sandra Hogarth

Claim

$800,000 for construction defects and breach of home warranty.

Defendant

Artron Bioresearch Inc.

Plaintiff

Bioss Inc.

Claim

$442,587 for COVID-19-related nucleocapsid proteins.

Defendant

Tallahassee Exploration Inc.

Plaintiff

The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality

Claim

$343,175 for outstanding property taxes.

Defendants

Vesta Properties (Latimer) Ltd.

Plaintiff

Matcon Excavation & Shoring Ltd.

Claim

$262,500 for civil construction work.

Defendants

Vesta Properties (Brookswood) LP and Vesta Properties (Brookswood) GP Ltd.

Plaintiff

Matcon Excavation & Shoring Ltd.

Claim

$234,588 for civil construction work.

Defendants

Fit6Me Healthy Foods Ltd. and Priya Ajgaonkar and Hitesh Sajwan

Plaintiff

Business Development Bank of Canada

Claim

$158,619 for debt.

Defendants

EN Investments Group Ltd. and Edmund Neng Wang

Plaintiff

Business Development Bank of Canada

Claim

$148,329 for debt.

Defendant

Tarrier Group Inc.

Plaintiff

DVlogistics Inc.

Claim

$130,162 for transportation services.

Defendant

Guardian Exploration Inc.

Plaintiff

The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality

Claim

$96,313 for outstanding property taxes.

Defendants

Good Lord Lawns Ltd. and Steven Maxwell and Daniel Czubak

Plaintiffs

Merchant Opportunities Fund LP and Merchant Opportunities Fund Ltd. as general partner of Merchant Opportunities Fund LP

Claim

$90,719 for debt.

Defendants

Premium Comfort Heating & Air Conditioning Ltd. and Damian Gaparetto and Diane Secord

Plaintiff

Emco Corp.

Claim

$76,300 for plumbing supplies.

Defendants

Nu Stream Realty Inc., Jennifer Hui Chen Wang and Wei Peng

Plaintiff

1163499 B.C. Ltd.

Claim

$48,896 for a GST rebate.

Defendants

Centurion Apartment Properties (Scott Road 1) Inc.

Plaintiff

Piquancy Enterprises Ltd.

Claim

$89,335 for breach of lease.

Defendants

Golden Red Construction Ltd. fka CKW Construction Ltd. and Johnny Chong Kam Wu and Wilson Kit and Nicolle Kit

Plaintiff

Kerrisdale Lumber Co. Ltd.

Claim

$80,082 for building materials; a builder’s lien.

Defendants

Modern Electric Inc. and Kevin Brun

Plaintiff

E.B. Horsman & Son

Claim

$39,972 for debt.

Defendant

Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of British Columbia

Plaintiff

Silver Star Mat Systems Inc.

Claim

$38,808 for the return of a timber licence deposit amount.

Defendant

Digreen Homes Inc.

Plaintiff

Impact Recruitment Inc.

Claim

$31,075 for staffing and recruitment services.

Defendants

Glaxosmithkline Inc. and Pfizer Canada SRI and Johnson & Johnson Inc. and Sanofi Consumer Health Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. and Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. and Chattem (Canada) Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. and Apotex Inc. and Pro Doc Ltd. and Sandoz Canada Inc. and Sanis Health Inc. and Sivem Pharmaceuticals ULC

Plaintiff

Ian Ross Mooring

Claim

Damages for negligence, misrepresentation and failure to warn of the carcinogenic properties of Zantac and other products that contain ranitidine, which produces a known cancer-causing chemical in the human body when ingested.

Defendants

Glaxosmithkline Inc. and Pfizer Canada SRI and Johnson & Johnson Inc. and Sanofi Consumer Health Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. and Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. and Chattem (Canada) Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. and Apotex Inc. and Pro Doc Ltd. and Sandoz Canada Inc. and Sanis Health Inc. and Sivem Pharmaceuticals ULC

Plaintiff

Larry Alexander McDonald

Claim

Damages for negligence, misrepresentation and failure to warn of the carcinogenic properties of Zantac and other products that contain ranitidine, which produces a known cancer-causing chemical in the human body when ingested.

Defendants

Glaxosmithkline Inc. and Pfizer Canada SRI and Johnson & Johnson Inc. and Sanofi Consumer Health Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. and Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. and Chattem (Canada) Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. and Apotex Inc. and Pro Doc Ltd. and Sandoz Canada Inc. and Sanis Health Inc. and Sivem Pharmaceuticals ULC

Plaintiff

Joseph Michel Aubut

Claim

Damages for negligence, misrepresentation and failure to warn of the carcinogenic properties of Zantac and other products that contain ranitidine, which produces a known cancer-causing chemical in the human body when ingested.

Defendants

Glaxosmithkline Inc. and Pfizer Canada SRI and Johnson & Johnson Inc. and Sanofi Consumer Health Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. and Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. and Chattem (Canada) Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. and Apotex Inc. and Pro Doc Ltd. and Sandoz Canada Inc. and Sanis Health Inc. and Sivem Pharmaceuticals ULC

Plaintiff

Larry Gordon Bader

Claim

Damages for negligence, misrepresentation and failure to warn of the carcinogenic properties of Zantac and other products that contain ranitidine, which produces a known cancer-causing chemical in the human body when ingested.

Defendants

Glaxosmithkline Inc. and Pfizer Canada SRI and Johnson & Johnson Inc. and Sanofi Consumer Health Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. and Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. and Chattem (Canada) Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. and Apotex Inc. and Pro Doc Ltd. and Sandoz Canada Inc. and Sanis Health Inc. and Sivem Pharmaceuticals ULC

Plaintiff

Ann Dolores Maria Brazil

Claim

Damages for negligence, misrepresentation and failure to warn of the carcinogenic properties of Zantac and other pharmaceutical products that contain ranitidine, which produces a known cancer-causing chemical in the human body when ingested.

Defendants

Matthew Durocher dba Enduring Construction and 60 Grit Studios Inc.

Plaintiff

ST Touring Canada Ltd.

Claim

Damages arising from a fire caused by the faulty installation of a LED light systems.

Defendants

Lloyd’s Underwriters

Plaintiffs

Kwadacha Nation and OBO Forest Management LP by its general partner OBO Forest Management G.P. Ltd.

Claim

Declaratory relief that an insurance policy with defendant includes coverage for “employee dishonesty” after plaintiffs paid out $200,000 or more for forestry work, an amount “far greater than the market or industry value” of the work.

Defendants

Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.

Plaintiffs

International Raw Materials Ltd. and Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co.

Claim

Declaratory relief for indemnity from multiple lawsuits arising from sulphuric acid spills in April and May 2018 near Trail, B.C.

Defendant

Blackfish Investments Ltd.

Plaintiff

District of Tofino

Claim

Declaratory relief to halt defendants’ operation of an unlicensed tourist accommodation business advertised online on AirBnB and elsewhere.

Defendant

Parking Corporation of Vancouver dba Easypark

Plaintiff

David Sweeney

Claim

Class action for damages for Competition Act violations arising from defendants wrongfully charging additional fees on its mobile application in excess of posted fees at its parking facilities.

Defendants

Blackhawk Growth Corp. and Canngroup Development Corp. and Truextracts (Calgary) Inc. and Frederic Pels

Plaintiffs

MPX International Corp. and Canveda Inc.

Claim

Damages for breach of contract and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ falsely claiming their ability to manufacture large volumes of edible cannabis products that met Health Canada guidelines.

Defendants

Halse Martin Construction Co. Ltd. and JQ Mechanical Corp.

Plaintiff

McElhanney Group Ltd.

Claim

Damages related to a leak caused by defendant’s negligent renovation work.

Defendants

Milani Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning Ltd.

Plaintiffs

Peter D. Granger and Andromeda Balkaran

Claim

Damages for trespass arising from defendant’s unauthorized installation of pipes on plaintiffs’ land.

Defendants

RateMDs Inc. and VerticalScope Holdings Inc. and VerticalScope Inc.

Plaintiff

Ramona Bleuler

Claim

Class action for declaratory relief that defendants’ health professional ratings website violated provincial privacy laws.

Defendants

Aviva Insurance Company of Canada as represented by National Home Warranty Group Inc. and 299 Burrard Development Inc.

Plaintiff

The Owners, Strata Plan BCS 3699

Claim

Damages related to construction defects and breach of home warranty.

Defendants

Aviva Insurance Company of Canada as represented by National Home Warranty Group Inc. and W Redevelopment Group Inc.

Plaintiff

The Owners, Strata Plan BCS 3528

Claim

Damages related to construction defects and breach of home warranty.