{"content":[{"text":"Hansra v. Joss","bbox":{"left":0.453026,"top":0.046408,"width":0.09393800000000002,"height":0.016843000000000004}},{"text":"(collectively, the \"Law Firm\"), comprise the legal team that represented the defendant, Tanya \n Irene Joss, in a negligence claim commenced by the plaintiff, Gurdarshan Hansra. The Law Firm \n is represented by separate counsel.","bbox":{"left":0.081699,"top":0.074428,"width":0.836589,"height":0.06230000000000002}},{"text":"3 Ms. Joss, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, and David Feng, who is the adjuster \n handling the claim (collectively, the \"Other Defendants\"), are represented by separate counsel. \n However, both sets of defendants assert the plaintiff's claim is bound to fail.","bbox":{"left":0.081699,"top":0.155236,"width":0.836589,"height":0.062299999999999994}},{"text":"4 In an amended notice of civil claim (the \"ANOCC\"), Mr. Hansra alleges the Law Firm, while \n acting on instructions from the Other Defendants, \"caused a 'Rule 7-5 letter' to be delivered via \n courier to 16 individuals related to the Plaintiff's employment\" that contained defamatory \n statements about the plaintiff (the \"Rule 7-5 Letter\").","bbox":{"left":0.081699,"top":0.236044,"width":0.8366100000000001,"height":0.08250199999999999}},{"text":"5 In the Rule 7-5 Letter, one of the questions \n \"Defamatory Statement\"), reads as follows:","bbox":{"left":0.081699,"top":0.337054,"width":0.443381,"height":0.042098000000000024}},{"text":"posed","bbox":{"left":0.537507,"top":0.337054,"width":0.04955699999999996,"height":0.02189599999999997}},{"text":"to","bbox":{"left":0.599511,"top":0.337054,"width":0.01652600000000004,"height":0.02189599999999997}},{"text":"the","bbox":{"left":0.628464,"top":0.337054,"width":0.025958000000000037,"height":0.02189599999999997}},{"text":"recipients,","bbox":{"left":0.666848,"top":0.337054,"width":0.08787800000000001,"height":0.02189599999999997}},{"text":"question","bbox":{"left":0.767173,"top":0.337054,"width":0.071967,"height":0.02189599999999997}},{"text":"38","bbox":{"left":0.851589,"top":0.337054,"width":0.021241999999999983,"height":0.02189599999999997}},{"text":"(the","bbox":{"left":0.885257,"top":0.337054,"width":0.03303100000000003,"height":0.02189599999999997}},{"text":"Q Were you aware that Mr. Hansra was arrested in 2010 because a truck he was driving \n was found to have over 50 kilograms of cocaine inside it? \n a. If so, did this influence his employment with your company? \n b. If so, How?","bbox":{"left":0.169935,"top":0.39766,"width":0.7461200000000001,"height":0.09765400000000002}},{"text":"6 The plaintiff notes that the Defamatory Statement fails to set out the fact that he was acquitted \n of any and all charges. He alleges the Defamatory Statement implies that he is a drug dealer \n associated with a criminal lifestyle and is unsavoury or of shady character.","bbox":{"left":0.081699,"top":0.513822,"width":0.836589,"height":0.06230000000000002}},{"text":"7 It is acknowledged by the defendants that the contents of the Defamatory Statement were \n delivered to 16 individuals associated with the plaintiff's employment by mail, and then later \n published and filed in an affidavit before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and accessible \n for the public to view.","bbox":{"left":0.081699,"top":0.59463,"width":0.836589,"height":0.08250299999999999}},{"text":"8 The plaintiff alleges the Other Defendants, who \n Defamatory Statement, are thus \"liable by agency\".","bbox":{"left":0.081699,"top":0.69564,"width":0.46298700000000004,"height":0.042098999999999887}},{"text":"instructed","bbox":{"left":0.556093,"top":0.69564,"width":0.08375699999999997,"height":0.021897000000000055}},{"text":"the","bbox":{"left":0.651257,"top":0.69564,"width":0.025958000000000037,"height":0.021897000000000055}},{"text":"Law Firm to","bbox":{"left":0.6886,"top":0.69564,"width":0.11838000000000004,"height":0.021897000000000055}},{"text":"publish","bbox":{"left":0.818387,"top":0.69564,"width":0.06253600000000004,"height":0.021897000000000055}},{"text":"the","bbox":{"left":0.89233,"top":0.69564,"width":0.025957000000000008,"height":0.021897000000000055}},{"text":"9 The ANOCC goes on to allege a number of aggravating factors and also alleges the additional \n tortious conduct of: intentional interference with economic relations; conspiracy; and intentional \n infliction of emotional distress.","bbox":{"left":0.081699,"top":0.756246,"width":0.8366100000000001,"height":0.06230099999999994}},{"text":"10 It is acknowledged by the Law Firm that the Rule 7-5 Letter was sent to the 16 individuals \n and/or companies named in the ANOCC, and that they were former employers and/or current \n employers of the plaintiff prior to his involvement in the motor vehicle accident (\"MVA\") that \n occurred in 2015.","bbox":{"left":0.081699,"top":0.837054,"width":0.836589,"height":0.08250299999999999}},{"text":"Page 2 of 11","bbox":{"left":0.810273,"top":0.956321,"width":0.09266300000000005,"height":0.01734800000000003}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}