Welcome to the Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota personal injury case law database.

Our firm has collected and organized a number of personal injury court decisions in a publicly-accessible database, for use as a resource by law students, other lawyers and firms, as well as the general public. This database will include some of our firm’s results, as well as results from many other lawyers. For information about results from this firm only, please click here.

The British Columbia Supreme Court and the British Columbia Court of Appeal are the sources for all of the cases in this database; these cases are not official versions of the material produced, and were not made in affiliation with or the endorsement of the British Columbia Superior Courts.




Simmavong v. Haddock

             This trial concerns the plaintiff’s claim for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident, which occurred on June 24, 2007....

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Field v. Harvey

             In this action the plaintiff seeks damages for injuries she claims she suffered as a result of a motor vehicle accident on August 22, 2008. The defendants apply for summary dismissal of the plaintiff’s claim against them on the ground the action is barred by the expiration of the two year limitation period provided by the Limitations Act, R.S.B.C. 1966, c. 266.Facts...

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Mohan v. Khan

             The plaintiff, Meena Rani Mohan, is seeking damages for personal injuries and other losses in relation to a motor vehicle accident. The defendants deny liability and, if liability is established, disagree with the quantum of damages sought by the plaintiff.The Accident...

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Campbell v. Swetland

             This is a personal injury claim arising from a motorcycle and automobile collision that occurred on June 17, 2008 at 6:45 p.m.. The plaintiff, Christine Campbell, was riding her red 2010 Triumph motorcycle northbound on Highway 6 when the south bound defendant, Emily Swetland, driving a white 1998 Subaru Forester turned left across her path. Visibility was good, the weather dry and the roads were dry....

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Lennox v. New Westminster (City)

             On May 30, 2006 at about 1:30 p.m. the plaintiff, Eileen Lennox, tripped over an elevation difference between sidewalk panels in front of 451 Fader Street in the City of New Westminster. Ms. Lennox fractured and dislocated her left shoulder, extensively bruised her left hip and suffered facial injuries in the ensuing fall. She was 69 years of age at the time of the trip and fall. Unfortunately, she died on November 16, 2011 after a brief battle with an aggressive form of cancer....

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Kumant v. Pommier

             A former lawyer for the plaintiff, Rolf Reiner Kumant (“Mr. Kumant”), seeks leave to intervene in an application brought by the defendants subsequent to the trial in this proceeding. Both Mr. Kumant and the defendants object to the participation of the lawyer, William E. McNally (“Mr. McNally”).I.        BACKGROUND...

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Gron v. Brown

- [16] II. INJURIES FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 28, 2003 ACCIDENT [17] - [35] A. Housekeeping [24] - [24] B. Work and Educational Activities [25] - [35] III. INJURIES FOLLOWING THE MAY 31, 2008 ACCIDENT [36] - [49] A. Housekeeping [45] - [45] B. Other developments since the second accident [46] - [49] IV. POSITION OF THE PARTIES [50] - [92] A. The Plaintiff [50] - [64] B. The Defendants [65] - [92] V. DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS [93] - [109] VI. COSTS [110] - [110]  I.                 Background[1]             The plaintiff, Alicja Gron, claims damages relating to two motor vehicle accidents. The defendants admitted liability. The first accident occurred on October 28, 2003, the second one on May 31, 2008. The plaintiff was 39 at the date of the first accident, 44 at the time of the second accident, and 48 at the time of February 2012 trial. Over eight years have passed since the date of the first accident....

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Miller v. Lawlor

             This is a personal injury claim arising from a significant motor vehicle accident which occurred on January 22, 2009....

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Cumpstone v. Johnson

             Mr. Cumpstone was involved in a motor vehicle accident on December 17, 2008 on Highway 19, known as the Inner Island Highway, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia....

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Haczewski v. British Columbia

             On October 31, 2007, Albert Haczewski, 27, was driving his friend, Koyo Hara, home.  Traveling south on Royal Oak at a speed of 50 km/h, they entered the intersection at Kingsway on a green light at about 1:50 AM.  They were fatally injured about a second later when their vehicle was rammed by a police car driven by RCMP Constable Petina Kostiuk traveling northwest on Kingsway at a speed between 80 and 89 km/h....

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Meghji v. Lee

           The parties were granted leave to make additional submissions on the impact of the PharmaCare program on damages for future medication costs. In separate reasons, judgment was varied in paras. 324 and 325 so that damages for future medication costs are not reduced to account for the existence of PharmaCare coverage....

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