Forty grams per day of marijuana likely to blame for plaintiff’s foggy memory

In the recent case of Kirby v. Loubert, 2018 BCSC 498, the plaintiff, Mr. Kirby, claimed damages for injuries he suffered in an intersection motor vehicle collision.  The collision occurred on March 4, 2009, in Vancouver.  Mr. Kirby was already a paraplegic at the time of the accident.  He used 20 grams per day of marijuana to help him deal with the pain. The defendant, Mr. Loubert, had been driving northbound on Main Street and was turning left at National Avenue.  Mr. Kirby was driving southbound on Main Street in the curb lane, heading straight through that intersection.  They collided as...

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