A dispute over excessive noise turned into a brawl that left people black and blue – leading both sides to sue each other.
The B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal heard two linked disputes between the two sides involved in what the ruling called a “consensual fight.”
“Tracie Anne Lake and Michael William James, say they were attacked by the respondent and applicant by counterclaim, Paul Martin,” reads the CRT ruling.
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