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Who’s Suing Whom: April 3, 2023

The latest from the B.C. Supreme Court
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The B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver

These corporate claims were filed with the B.C. Supreme Court registry in Vancouver.

Information is derived from notices of civil claim. Civil claims have not been tested or proven in court. 

Defendants

Landrex Ventures Inc. and Ryan Andrews

Plaintiff

Postmark Developments Corporation

Claim

$100,000 to return a loan made to the defendants to pay a deposit on a Tofino land sale agreement that failed after the defendants found they could not rezone the property as intended.

Defendant

Powertech Labs Inc.

Plaintiff

Philip Horacek

Claim

Damages for wrongful dismissal as director of business operations after Horacek was fired with just cause for not disclosing the intentions of his wife, a former senior employee of Powertech, to start a new hydrogen fuelling business.

Defendants

Maddi Porter also known as Maddison Porter and Kenny Fried also known as Kenneth Fried and Kristina Cruz and Carolyn Heim and Campbell Owens and Heather Smith also known as Heather Stone and Robert Hayman and Norma Herrera also known as Norma Yant and David Ohanian and Ashley Cecil and Dean Russell and John Doe and Jane Doe

Plaintiffs

Icarus Aviation Ltd. doing business as Nautilus Explorer and Michael Lever

Claim

Damages for defamation over online posts regarding refund requests for the B.C.-based company’s shark dives in Guadalupe, Mexico.

Defendants

BHC Construction Ltd. and Geovanni Domenico De Santis

Plaintiff

Onni Contracting Ltd.

Claim

$242,030 to cover costs of work done by the plaintiff in excess of a contract price after the plaintiff found deficiencies in the defendant’s work at a downtown Vancouver development.

Defendants

1217184 B.C. Ltd. and Matthew Robert kelly

Plaintiff

National Bank of Canada

Claim

$206,313 for debt.