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.




Atker v. Nair

             THE COURT:  The plaintiff, Amandeep Atker, was driving her 2001 Mazda Protégé through the parking lot of a shopping mall in Surrey, B.C., on February 25, 2008, when she was struck by a 1999 Plymouth Minivan driven by the defendant....

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Smith v. Williams

             THE COURT: The plaintiff, Trinity Rae Smith, advances a claim for damages arising out of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on July 9, 2009. Liability for the collision is admitted by the defendant....

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Reilander v. Campbell

             THE COURT:  Ms. Reilander was driving her motor vehicle on July 29, 2006. She was stopped, waiting to make a left turn into a parking lot, when her vehicle was struck from behind by a motor vehicle driven by Mr. Campbell. The defendant has admitted liability for the accident. A trial was held to determine the quantum of damages....

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Gill v. Widjaja

             THE COURT:  Each of the parties applies for a review of the findings of Master Baker, sitting as a registrar, with respect to the taxation of the plaintiff's party and party bill of costs arising under this Rule 15 action....

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Sandhu v. Roy

             The plaintiff, Jagjeet Sandhu, sues for damages in action S21828, the first action, alleging he was run down by the defendant in a crosswalk on November 6, 2008. The plaintiff asks for this action to be heard together with the second action, S22959, brought in respect of a motor vehicle collision on August 13, 2010. In the second action, the plaintiff pleads that he was injured when his vehicle was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by one of the defendants to that action....

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Ng v. Sarkaria

             Shao Ng was driving home in the early morning of July 22, 2007 when his Dodge Durango was struck by a car driven by the defendant, Mandeep Sarkaria.  At the time of the collision Mr. Ng was driving north on Granville Street.  The defendants’ vehicle unexpectedly turned left into the path of the Durango.  The force of the impact was significant.  The airbags in Mr. Ng’s vehicle were deployed as a result of the collision.  The vehicle ended up on the sidewalk on the east side of Granville Street.  The defendants have admitted liability for the accident....

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Haughian v. Jiwa

             At issue is who bears responsibility for this motor vehicle accident.  The defendant seeks a summary determination of liability and dismissal of the plaintiff’s claim....

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Ng v. Schell

              Introduction[1]      This is an application brought by the defendants Douglas Schell and Credit Canada VW Inc. for a declaration that a settlement agreement between the plaintiff and the defendants is valid and enforceable, and that the personal injury proceeding, accordingly, be stayed.Defendants’ position...

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Kardum v. Asadi-Moghadam

             Joseph Kardum was injured in car accidents in June 2007 and October 2009 (the “accidents”). Liability for both accidents is admitted by the defendants and this trial is concerned with the assessment of damages and apportionment between the defendants....

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Shelton-Johnson v. School District No. 37 (Delta)

             On June 13, 2009, the defendant Sons of Scotland Benevolent Association (“Sons of Scotland”) hosted Highland Games on the property of the South Delta Secondary School in Tsawwassen.  During the course of that event, the plaintiff alleges that she tripped upon an irregular projection of concrete on the sidewalk adjacent to a door which provided direct access to the school’s cafeteria....

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Arndt v. The Ruskin Slo Pitch Association

             The plaintiff was injured on June 8, 2009 when she stepped in a hole on a softball field while running to catch a fly ball.  The defendants apply under Rule 9-7 for summary judgment to dismiss on the basis of a waiver signed by the plaintiff....

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Corfield v. Shaw

             At the suggestion of her employer, Joy Corfield decided to leave work at the local laundromat and learn a trade.  She took an introductory plumbing course at Malaspina College and started working at Baker Industries Ltd. (“Baker Industries”), a small family plumbing business.  Initially, she worked as an unpaid “job-shadow” with a journeyman plumber, but was soon hired as an apprentice.  Her employment at Baker Industries lasted for less than a year.  She says that her supervisor, Phil Shaw, sexually assaulted her on a number of occasions in 2005 while they were working together (the “Assaults”).  Shortly after revealing this to Ian Baker, the owner of Baker Industries and stepfather of Mr. Shaw, she quit and eventually commenced this action.  She says that since the Assaults, she has suffered severe emotional distress....

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