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Who’s Suing Whom: May 18, 2023

The latest from the B.C. Supreme Court
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The B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver

These corporate claims were filed with the B.C. Supreme Court registry in Vancouver.

Information is derived from notices of civil claim. Civil claims have not been tested or proven in court. 

Defendant

Xiao Hong Xiong

Plaintiff

Wei Tse Tsai also known as Danny Tsai and Lu Rou Fan Tasty Franchises Inc.

Claim

$145,500 to repay a business loan for the restaurant defendant, and $365,000 to cover a project loan and a ventilator loan provided by the plaintiff to the defendants after the defendants pivoted from running a restaurant to selling ventilators to Taiwan.

Defendant

Alfred John Venegas

Plaintiffs

CT21 Analytics Inc. and Anne Wong and Paul Wong

Claim

$530,734 for debt under loans provided by the Wong plaintiffs to the defendant and damages for breach of duty as a director of CT21.

Defendant

Kai Chun (Samson) Chan and Sanhe Food International Ltd. and Five Continents International Ltd.

Plaintiff

Thai United Food Trading Ltd.

Claim

Damages for breach of contract and breach of duty in Chan’s role as a senior manager in the plaintiff company after Chan resigned and used the plaintiff’s confidential information to the benefit of his new employer, Sanhe, and for defamatory statements made about Thai United following his resignation.

Defendants

Richard Voigt and Shane Stefanek and Cameron Kernested and Lorilee Kristy Reid and Coast Industrial Services Ltd.

Plaintiff

Uptime Industrial Inc.

Claim

Damages for breach of contracts and conspiracy after the defendants, as former employees, used the plaintiff’s confidential information to advance their new business.

Defendants

Samer Sahmani and Sofra Restaurants Ltd.

Plaintiff

Ramez Pasbakhsh

Claim

$450,000 to return funds improperly withdrawn from the Sofra Restaurants bank account by Sahmani, as restaurant manager and minority owner, and further damages for failing to provide details of the restaurant’s financial information to the plaintiff as a majority owner of Sofra.