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Jamie Thornback

Partner

[email protected]
604.331.9529

Called to the Bar: 2008 (BC), 2016 (Northwest Territories), 2016 (Yukon), 2020 (Alberta)

Practice areas

  • Aviation Law
  • Product Liability
  • International Human Rights

Assistant

Viktoriia Dekanosydze
[email protected]
778.945.8503

NOTABLE CASES

S. v. Ukraine International Airlines JSC, 2024 ONSC 3303

Hay v Mundi 910 Victoria Enterprises Ltd., 2022 BCSC 2127
Class action filed for the July 8, 2020 fire that happened at Prince George Econo Lodge.

Canada (Transportation Safety Board) v. CarrollByrne, 2022 SCC 48
On March 29, 2015, Air Canada Flight 624 crashed on its landing approach at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. The Airbus A320 carried 133 passengers and five crew members who were all able to escape the aircraft. The class action is seeking to obtain appropriate compensation for the harm caused to the passengers.

Alvarado v KCP Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., 2022 BCSC 1668

Araya v Nevsun Resources Ltd.

Zhu v Aston Martin Lagonda Limited, 2017 BCSC 1032

Cohen and others v. Northern Thunderbird Air Inc., 2017 BCSC 315

Postma v. Horizon Helicopters Ltd., 2016 YKCA 12

Beise v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., 2014 BCSC 1240

 Chadwick v. Canada, 2008 BCSC 851, 2010 BCSC 1744
Bob Honour (a pilot) and Les Chadwick (his passenger) were killed in a helicopter crash. CFM acted against several defendants, including a maintenance engineer who worked on the helicopter, manufacturers of a fuel pump that CFM alleges failed, the engine manufacturer, and Transport Canada. This was a significant decision with respect to the liability of Transport Canada.

Piper v. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., 2009 BCSC 1038
Piper v. Honeywell Shortly after takeoff from Terrace airport, the left engine in an MU-2 failed, leading to an unrecoverable situation for the pilots. CFM acted for the family of the Captain in a wrongful death suit against Honeywell and Mitsubishi.