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.




Moukhine v. Collins

             This is a claim for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident which occurred on April 23, 2007, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The plaintiff Serguei Moukhine was driving to work when he was rear-ended as he was stopped waiting to turn left onto Marine Way....

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Meghji v. Lee

             An issue has arisen with respect to the costs to be awarded following judgment in this action. Judgment was handed down August 15, 2011, 2011 BCSC 1108, although an order flowing from the judgment has not yet been entered....

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Madsen v. Bekker

             Mr. Madsen was involved in a motor vehicle accident on November 8, 2006 with a vehicle owned by the defendant Mr. O’Brian and driven with his consent by the defendant Ms. Bekker....

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Benoit v. Banfield

             THE COURT:  This claim has been brought by the infant plaintiff as a result of a head injury she suffered when she fell from a staircase while visiting the home of the defendant, Margaret Banfield....

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Ward v. Klaus

             Following a 14-day trial, Justice Rice, in reasons indexed at 2010 BCSC 1211, awarded the plaintiff damages totalling $433,103.63....

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Milburn v. Ernst

             On a rainy Vancouver night in March 2007, the plaintiff Thomas Milburn, while stopped at a traffic light on his motorcycle, was struck from behind by a motor vehicle driven by the defendant, Patrick Ernst....

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Cairney v. Miller

             The plaintiff seeks a determination of liability in this personal injury case. The trial of quantum has been adjourned pending this ruling.I...

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Chase v. The Municipality of Surrey

             This is an application by the Municipality of Surrey (“Surrey”) to dismiss the claims of Mr. Chase for theft, malicious prosecution, harassment, abuse of power (by which I assume he means the tort of abuse of process), and an alleged breach of Mr. Chase’s section 2(b) Charter rights with respect to his right to freedom of expression....

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Jarmson v. Jacobsen

             At approximately 5 p.m. on July 27, 2008, Mr. Jarmson’s motorcycle collided with the defendant’s car on Highway 6 near Edgewood, B.C., seriously injuring Mr. Jarmson and his passenger, his 15 year old daughter, Lindsay. This action concerns only Mr. Jarmson’s claims....

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Yamakami v. Whittey

             This action arises out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on July 30, 2007 at the intersection of Jellicoe Street and S.E. Marine Drive in Vancouver. The accident occurred when the plaintiff, Brenda Yamakami, who was proceeding westbound on S. E. Marine Drive, turned left off Marine Drive to proceed south on Jellicoe Street. As the plaintiff was 90 degrees into her turn, and about halfway across the three oncoming eastbound lanes, she was “T-boned” by an eastbound vehicle driven by the defendant, Walter Whittey, and owned by Mr. Whittey’s employer, the corporate defendant Accent Leasing & Sales Limited. It is agreed that if the defendant, Walter Whittey, is found to have been operating his vehicle in a negligent manner at the time of the accident, Accent Leasing & Sales Limited is vicariously liable for that conduct both as his employer and pursuant to s. 86 of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.318 (“MVA”)....

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Cameron v. Hsu

             On Friday, November 7, 2008, between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., the plaintiff, Brent Cameron, was driving his motor vehicle, a mid-size sedan. He had just completed his work week. He was travelling east on to Imperial Way in Burnaby, British Columbia, when the vehicle in front of him stopped abruptly. He was able to stop his vehicle. Looking in his rear-view mirror, he noticed the vehicle behind him travelling towards him. Mr. Cameron braced himself as he believed that the vehicle would not stop. The vehicle behind him, owned by the defendant, Fong Hsu, and driven by the defendant, Yun Lo, struck the rear of Mr. Cameron’s vehicle. As a result, Mr. Cameron’s vehicle was pushed forward, striking the rear of the vehicle in front of him. The second collision sent Mr. Cameron back into his seat. At the time of the collision, Mr. Cameron was wearing his seatbelt....

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McPherson v. Lange

             This trial concerns a motor vehicle collision that occurred November 9, 2005 at the intersection of Canada Way and Burris Street (the “intersection”) in Burnaby, B.C. Mr. McPherson is claiming damages for injuries suffered in the accident. This trial was restricted to the determination of which party was liable for his loss....

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