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.




Arsenovski v. Bodin

             The parties to this litigation, which has a history originating in a motor vehicle incident in Burnaby, British Columbia, some 12 years ago on January 31, 2000, bring three chambers motions as follows:1)    The defendants seek an order pursuant to Rule 8-1(4) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules (the “Civil Rules”) extending the time for them to respond to the plaintiff’s August 26, 2011 notice to admit, or that the notice to admit be set aside, or alternatively that any deemed admissions arising from the notice to admit be replaced with the admissions made in the defendants’ reply drafted to respond to the notice to admit;2)    Plaintiff ‘s counsel seeks an order for leave to cross-examine defence counsel, Michael Thomas, on his affidavits explaining the circumstances leading to his failure to file a reply to the plaintiff’s notice to admit within the 14 days permitted by Rule 7-7(2) of the Civil Rules; and3)    The defendants seek an order dismissing the plaintiff’s action for want of prosecution pursuant to Rule 22-7(7) of the Civil Rules....

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Parker v. Lemmon

             The plaintiff, Sherry Parker (now Sherry Nash) (“Ms. Nash”), claims damages arising out of two motor vehicle accidents which occurred December 19, 2008 and January 9, 2009 in Nanaimo, B.C. The defendants in both collisions admit liability. There is no allegation of contributory negligence....

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Azuma-Dao v. MKA Leasing Ltd.

             The plaintiff, 28 years old, was injured in a rear-end collision on September 24, 2008.  Liability is admitted.  She seeks damages for non-pecuniary loss, past and future wage loss, cost of future care, and special damages.EVIDENCE...

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Piper v. Hassan

             The plaintiff, Stephen Grant Piper, claims damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident which occurred on August 31, 2006 at the intersection of 64th Avenue and 140th Street, in Surrey, British Columbia.  The plaintiff, who was driving a small Mazda car, had stopped at the intersection when he was struck from behind by a three-quarter ton cargo van operated by the defendant. ...

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Loeppky v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

             The plaintiff, Mr. Loeppky, was injured in a motor vehicle accident on December 23, 2007. At that time, he was working as a police constable, and was a passenger in a police car stopped at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Madison Avenue in Burnaby, B.C. The police car was struck in the rear by a vehicle which neither the police nor Mr. Loeppky have been able to identify. As a result, Mr. Loeppky sued the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia as nominal defendant under the “hit and run” provisions of s. 24 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 231....

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Alnoor v. Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc.

             THE COURT:  This action arises from an alleged defect in a toothbrush manufactured by the defendant Colgate‑Palmolive Canada. Ms. Alnoor alleges that she was seriously injured when the toothbrush fractured in two places while she was brushing her teeth. She claims substantial damages for injuries she says she suffered as a result....

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March v. Stanley T. Cope

             On September 15th, 2011, Stanley T. Cope filed an appointment for the review of the bills that he had rendered to his former client, Ms. Belinda March....

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Wilkinson v. Whitlock

             The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident on September 10, 2007. She seeks compensation for her injuries. Both liability and damages are in dispute.Liability...

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Wood Atkinson v. Murphy

             The plaintiff seeks an order for special costs of the defendants’ application to dismiss the plaintiff’s claim, including special costs of today’s application.  The plaintiff submits the defendants had no proper foundation to make such a “manifestly deficient” application that was designed to punish the plaintiff for errors that were the responsibility of her employer. The plaintiff says the conduct of the defendants is aggravated by the fact liability has been admitted, and a dismissal of the action would have denied the plaintiff damages to which she is entitled....

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Shinkaruk v. Crouch

           The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident on August 31, 2006. I have concluded that the greater portion of fault rests with the defendant. I have also found that the plaintiff suffered a period of disability of approximately five months’ duration, following which he continued to have minimal residual symptoms attributable to the accident. However, I have found that the majority of his complaints since the end of his period of disability, and moving forward into the future, are and will be attributable not to the subject accident, but to a longstanding pre-existing back condition and to other independent factors for which the defendant bears no liability.Circumstances of Accident and Liability...

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Quartey-Harrison v. Klusiewich

             The trial of this action was heard on May 19, 2011.  On August 3, 2011, I issued Reasons for Judgment in relation to this personal injury lawsuit.  The only issue at trial was the assessment of damages; liability for negligence having been admitted by the defendants some time earlier.   I awarded the plaintiff special damages of $910.56 and general damages of $18,000 for a total award of $18,910.56.  I declined to award compensation for past lost of income, loss or impairment of the capacity to earn income in future, or future care....

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