The Chowdhry vs. Burnaby (City) court decision was released by the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on October 10, 2008.

On August 19, 2005, Shanker Chowdhry, than age 64, was driving his Honda Civic north on Cariboo Road in Burnaby. While driving, he was speaking on his cell phone with his wife when suddenly he saw a City of Burnaby garbage truck coming toward him around a curve at high speed and out of control.

Mr. Chowdhry saw the garbage truck was tipping over toward him and drove to the extreme right of the road. He tried to get out the passenger door but before he could do so the garbage truck fell on his vehicle, crushing the driver’s door and the left front wheel area and smashing the windshield. Read the rest of this entry »