A Nanaimo man who tried to sue for $32 trillion after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle got his day in court before his case was thrown out.
Tyler Chamberlin filed a lawsuit against ICBC in 2020, according to court documents, alleging that he B次元官网网址渟uffered physical and emotional injuriesB次元官网网址 in a 2018 hit-and-run. Since then, he amended his claim, adding as defendants the Queen, the prime minister, the premier, the Supreme Court of B.C., Elections B.C., Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and several other parties.
Judge Douglas Thompson described the plaintiffB次元官网网址檚 demands as wide-ranging: B次元官网网址淚t includes a private audience with Her Majesty, the suspension of trade with China, the dismantling of Transport Canada, the postponement of an election, the release of classified documents, the B次元官网网址渃leaning up of the swamp,B次元官网网址 the reconstruction of the RCMP, an MRI of his entire body, $32 trillion, and 500,000 Tesla shares,B次元官网网址 the judge noted.
The hearing March 1 in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo necessitated lawyers for seven defendants to appear via teleconference. Most applied to have the caseB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址渋rregularly filed documents be struck out,B次元官网网址 and some asked for an order curtailing the plaintiff from making further court filings.
The judge found ChamberlinB次元官网网址檚 approach to seeking relief against parties other than ICBC was wrong and said the plaintiffB次元官网网址檚 claims are not reasonable and are B次元官网网址渟candalous, vexatious and otherwise an abuse of process.B次元官网网址 However, the judge suggested there is no need for a vexatious litigant order because there have been recent changes to court document filing standards and the judgeB次元官网网址檚 expectation is that the plaintiff B次元官网网址渋s unlikely to succeed in filing more documentsB次元官网网址 that conform with the rules.
Only one of the defendants sought reimbursement for legal costs and the judge said he would not make a costs order unless the applicant chooses to press the issue.
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