Host Liability Case Law
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This case looks at host liability for a crash on Saltspring Island following a party at the home of Stephen and Lidia Pearson. Ryan Plambeck drove after leaving the party, left the roadway and crashed into the woods. He was killed and Calder McCormick, a passenger in the vehicle was seriously injured.

In the early morning hours of April 25, 2015 Kendall Derkson was driving her vehicle on Highway 10 in Surrey. She struck a vehicle driven by Patrick Chan, destroying her vehicle in the process. ICBC refused to cover her loss as she was in breach of her conditions of insurance for being “incapable of proper control of the vehicle” at the time of the collision due to the influence of alcohol.
Question: I'm curious about a scenario that was explained to me by someone that I know. They had one drink over an evening at a nightclub and after being stopped for speeding were breath tested by the officer. They were given an Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) for blowing a warn. Is there any recourse for the driver?
My neighbour is a chronic alcoholic who regularly drinks and drives. He has been banned from the local liquor store and has run in to a wall with his van. Aside from physically forcing him to stop, who do I report him to before he kills himself and someone else?