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Who’s getting sued: August 8, 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. Defendants Carthage Holdings Corp.
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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.

Defendants

Carthage Holdings Corp. and Robert Sengara

Plaintiff

RGMST Investment Corp.

Claim

$3,055,032 for a share of company operating profits.

Defendants

Haines Hing Shin Lee and Paraclete Asset Management Ltd. and Thureos Holdings Ltd.

Plaintiff

Bank of Montreal

Claim

$899,244 for debt related to loans advanced to defendants they obtained through “false pretenses and misrepresentations.”

Defendants

Yuen Kee Cho aka Cassie Cho and Jo Jo Marketing & Promotion Strategies Ltd. and 1167058 B.C. Ltd.

Plaintiff

Bank of Montreal

Claim

$642,004 for debt related to loans advanced to defendants they obtained through “false pretenses and misrepresentations.”

Defendants

Sai Wah Cyrus Kwong and WDMFS Advanced Solutions Ltd. 

Plaintiff

Bank of Montreal

Claim

$570,676 for debt related to loans advanced to defendants they obtained through “false pretenses and misrepresentations.”

Defendants

Lev Investment LP Corp. and 1046079 B.C. Ltd. and Living East Village Investments Inc. and Living East Village 3 Investments Inc. and Living East Village 4 Investments Inc. and Living East Village Development LP and Port Capital Development (East) Inc. and Port Capital Development Inc. and Port Capital Group Inc.

Plaintiff

ZGF Architects Inc.

Claim

$511,473 for architectural services.

Defendants

Shui Ping (Sandy) Cheung and 1185173 B.C. Ltd.

Plaintiff

Bank of Montreal

Claim

$387,769 for debt related to loans advanced to defendants they obtained through “false pretenses and misrepresentations.”

Defendants

Transworld Management Ltd. and Jordan Guo and Jordan Guo Personal Real Estate Corp.

Plaintiff

1176782 B.C. Ltd.

Claim

$366,515 for damages for breach of contract and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ failure to disclose that units in properties plaintiff bought were occupied by residential tenants, leading to an additional property transfer tax assessment after the $28 million deal closed for three properties on Westminster Highway in Richmond.

Defendants

Little Rock Drilling & Blasting Ltd. and C.D. Trucking Services Ltd. and Christopher Conley

Plaintiff

Kootenay Savings Credit Union

Claim

$342,453 for debt.

Defendant

Lonesome Dove Mining ULC

Plaintiff

Finning International Inc.

Claim

$236,681 for parts and services.

Defendants

Michael Zhang and Yi Yao and Kanae Restaurant Ltd.

Plaintiff

Tsz Ying Ngai and Jiong Huan Zhen and 1237414 B.C. Ltd.

Claim

$195,000 for debt.

Defendants

Darwin Construction (BC) Ltd. and Citimark Belle Isle Project Ltd.

Plaintiff

Rev Construction Ltd.

Claim

$160,904 for labour, materials and equipment; a builder’s lien.

Defendants

Hanookkah Developments Ltd. and Varinder Singh Parhar

Plaintiff

Lilia Wati Sen

Claim

$140,670 for the return of a deposit.

Defendants

Thomas Lahn and Gearjammer Electronics Ltd.

Plaintiff

The Bank of Nova Scotia

Claim

$116,856 for debt.

Defendants

M&W Enterprises Ltd. and TX Contracting Ltd. and Danyang Yang

Plaintiff

Hongten Tile Installation and Construction Inc.

Claim

$113,190 for tile supply and installation.

Defendant

Cronin Capital Corp.

Plaintiff

Integrity Geoconsulting Inc.

Claim

$89,083 for debt.

Defendant

Peakbirch Commerce Inc.

Plaintiff

First Insurance Funding of Canada

Claim

$83,745 for debt.

Defendants

Big Rock Built Construction Group Ltd. and Bucci Garden Homes Ltd.

Plaintiff

Zacki Construction Inc.

Claim

$72,368 for construction deficiency correction work; a builder’s lien.

Defendants

Glacier Creek Contracting Ltd. and Eric Prall

Plaintiff

Ploutos Enterprises Ltd.

Claim

$43,504 for flooring material and installation work; a builder’s lien.

Defendants

Summit Brooke Construction Ltd.

Plaintiff

Continental Steel Ltd.

Claim

$42,027 for debt.

Defendants

Mud Consulting Ltd. and the Estate of Michael Carl Seidl

Plaintiff

Royal Bank of Canada

Claim

$28,095 for debt.

Defendants

Qualatech Aero-Consulting Ltd. and Keith Green

Plaintiff

Royal Bank of Canada

Claim

$26,237 for debt.

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

Robbin Kurt Simmons

Claim

Damages for negligence, failure to warn and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ development, manufacturing and distribution of Zantac without disclosing to consumer that the drug produces a carcinogenic 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

James Earl Johnson

Claim

Damages for negligence, failure to warn and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ development, manufacturing and distribution of Zantac without disclosing to consumer that the drug produces a carcinogenic 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

Edith Louise Karacsonyi

Claim

Damages for negligence, failure to warn and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ development, manufacturing and distribution of Zantac without disclosing to consumer that the drug produces a carcinogenic 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

Fay Elizabeth Karp

Claim

Damages for negligence, failure to warn and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ development, manufacturing and distribution of Zantac without disclosing to consumer that the drug produces a carcinogenic 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

Kenneth Roy Kelly

Claim

Damages for negligence, failure to warn and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ development, manufacturing and distribution of Zantac without disclosing to consumer that the drug produces a carcinogenic 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

Winona Judith Kirk

Claim

Damages for negligence, failure to warn and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ development, manufacturing and distribution of Zantac without disclosing to consumer that the drug produces a carcinogenic 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

Kenneth Alan Kirschner

Claim

Damages for negligence, failure to warn and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ development, manufacturing and distribution of Zantac without disclosing to consumer that the drug produces a carcinogenic 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

Allison Leigh Kooijman

Claim

Damages for negligence, failure to warn and misrepresentation arising from defendants’ development, manufacturing and distribution of Zantac without disclosing to consumer that the drug produces a carcinogenic chemical in the human body when ingested.

Defendants

Target Homes Ltd. and Grant Gillies

Plaintiff

The Owners, Strata Plan EPS3019

Claim

Damages for breach of contract for failure to repair construction defects.

Defendant

Artron Laboratories Inc.

Plaintiff

Gene Biotechnology Enterprises Ltd.

Claim

Damages for breach of contract arising from defendant’s direct sale of COVID tests to third parties during a distribution agreement’s exclusivity period.

Defendants

Northern Equity Partners Inc. and Roberto Andrew Cavallari and Anthony Arthur Desfosses and Christopher Cene Lutters and 1102516 B.C. Ltd. and Judith Anne Desfosses aka Judith Anne Taylor

Plaintiffs

Joseph Arthur Desfosses and 1120505 B.C. Ltd.

Claim

Damages for breach of contract arising from defendants’ wrongful termination of a management agreement before trying to buy plaintiffs’ company shares at a substantial discount.

Defendants

Scansa Construction Ltd. and M’akala Housing Society and ABC Co. and John Doe

Plaintiff

K9HQ Doggy Daycare Plus Inc.

Claim

Damages arising from a flood.

Defendants

Ashsa Ambilu Nair and Remya Ramachandran Nair and Island Real Estate Services Inc. dba SRS Hall of Fame Realty

Plaintiffs

Jagraj Singh Sidhu and Jyoti Kaur Sidhu and Mandeep Kaur Sidhu and Pushpinder Singh Sidhu

Claim

Damages for breach of contract for failure to complete a real estate sale and forfeit a $75,000 deposit.

Defendant

Trotter & Morton Building Tech Inc.

Plaintiffs

Beta View Homes Ltd. and D-Thind Developments Beta Ltd.

Claim

Damages related to construction deficiencies.

Defendant

Sunrise Poultry Processors Ltd.

Plaintiff

Westport Insurance Corp.

Claim

Damages for negligence and breach of duty of care arising from defendants’ supply of thousands of cases of chicken dumplings to Costco Canada that were contaminated with bone fragments.

Defendants

QRD (Hamersley) Holdings Inc. and QRD (Hamersley) LP

Plaintiff

Kinderbees Childcare Ltd.

Claim

Damages for breach of contract and misrepresentation arising from defendants overcharging plaintiff on a lease.

Defendants

Oroco Resource Corp. and Craig Daliziel and Spencer Dalziel and Tess Hunter and John Doe

Plaintiff

Peterson Investments (Canada) Inc. and KBK No. 51 Ventures Ltd.

Claim

Damages arising from a flood.

Defendants

Henriquez Partners Architects Ltd. and Henriquez Partners and Alfred Gregory Henriquez and George Henriquez and Nemetz (S/A) & Associates Ltd. and Steven Nemetz and Ocean Pacific Lighting Inc. and Perspective Lighting Associates Ltd. and ABC Cos. and John Does

Plaintiffs

1600 Davie LP and 1600 Davie Residential Holdings Inc.

Claim

Damages arising from the failure of a lighting system due to design and/or manufacturing defects.

Defendants

Enrich Steveston LP and Enrich Steveston G.P. Ltd. and Enrich Steveston 2018 LP and Enrich Steveston 2018 GP Ltd. and Enrich Properties Steveston Ltd. and Enrich Building Development Ltd. and Jun Ning and Brian Tak Tsang

Plaintiffs

Ground Investment & Development Inc. and Chen Lin Xiong

Claim

Declaratory relief for an accounting for defendants’ wrongful withholding of financial information about joint ventures with plaintiffs.

Defendants

Ningtao Zhang aka Bill Zhang and Vling E-Business Ltd. and 1151152 B.C. Ltd. and David Li and Summer Xia

Plaintiffs

Skychain Technologies Inc. and Miningsky Technology Ltd. and Miningsky Technologies (Manitoba) Inc.

Claim

Damages for breach of fiduciary duty arising from defendants unlawfully taking profits and assets from plaintiffs, leading to defendant Bill Zhang’s removal from plaintiffs’ board of directors.

Defendant

Cressey (1503 Kingsway) Development LP

Plaintiff

The Parish of St. Margaret

Claim

Damages for construction nuisance and trespass.