Reasons for judgement were published today by the BC Court of Appeal expanding the scope of a class action lawsuit against ICBC to allow claims for punitive damages to be included in the claim. In the recent case ( Ari v. ICBC ) ICBC was sued after an employee of theirs passed personal records ICBC kept to "an acquaintance involved in the drug trade" after which a series of attacks were carried out against some of the individuals who had their private information compromised. The court noted the following background [2] A former employee of ICBC, Ms. Candy Elaine Rheaume, for no business purpose, accessed personal information of 78 ICBC customers ("Primary Plaintiffs") who had been at or near the Justice Institute of British Columbia in New Westminster. The personal information included names, addresses, driver's license numbers, vehicle descriptions and identification numbers, license plate numbers, and claims histories. Ms. Rheaume then provided the information to an acquaintance involved in the drug trade.