Publicity photo of Jordan Ninkovic. He is listed as an actor, production designer and artistic director at imdb.com The Public Guardian and Trustee of BC have responded to a lawsuit filed by a West Kelowna woman who claims she was negligent for not protecting her from re-assuming her home several times and lending money to a Vancouver actor and producer. . In its response to the civil action, PGT claims that the plaintiff was able to manage its financial affairs during the time it lent Jordan Ninkovich $ 398,810.22 (between February 2017 and January 2018). However, he notes that it was not officially declared competent until September 25, 2017. She went on to say that she was managing her own finances before the loan period, and also claimed that she was motivated to lend to Ninkovic’s “fraudulent frauds” and that she expected to receive significant returns. Ninkovic claimed to be a successful producer and real estate investor. The public guard’s response also alleges that Vancouver-based Paragon Mortgage Inc. mortgage broker Chris Landry, who secured the loans on Ninkovich’s instructions, failed to advise or warn the plaintiff that lending money to the actress from mortgages on her property was exposed to significant financial risks. He adds that Landry owed the woman a duty of care to act in her best interests and negligently breached that duty by receiving, among other things, instructions on mortgages from Ninkovich and knowing then that there was no reasonable expectation that the plaintiff could bear mortgage interest rates. Court documents state that the loans had interest rates ranging from 8.74% to 14.95%. In response to a request for comment, Nick Douce, vice president and managing director of Paragon Mortgage Inc., told Castanet that “it seems standard practice in response to any civil action, diversion and redirection of liability.” “I can say with confidence that Verico Paragon Mortgage and all its brokers have a well-earned 17-year reputation in the field of service quality and integrity,” Douce added. At this point, PGT has not filed a third party claim to formally bring Landry, or Ninkovich, into the lawsuit. In its reply, PGT claims that the complainant did not receive legal or financial advice before the loans and mortgages were taken out. He also says that he did not seek the advice of the woman who was appointed as the plaintiff’s estate commission and continued to lend money to Ninkovic when he knew, or should have known, that he would not repay the loans. The lawsuit, filed in March, names the public guardian and Phillip Campeau, who is now retired but employed by the PGT to oversee the plaintiff’s settlement funds. The woman is seeking compensation in the amount of $ 398,810.22 in loans given to Ninkovich, all related fees and expenses, the value of interest paid up to the date of the trial, general compensation for emotional distress, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life as well as other expenses. The plaintiff, whom Castanet does not name because of her cognitive disability, suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident as a child and received a compromise held in trust by the public guardian. The allegations made in the lawsuit and the response to the notice of civil action have not been substantiated in court. Ninkovic’s lawyer did not respond to a request for comment. PGT declined to comment, citing “confidentiality requirements”. “If PGT is involved in a matter that is currently before the courts, then information related to that matter will be made public as appropriate through regular litigation,” a PGT spokesman told Castanet. with files by Colin Dacre
