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.




Hinder v. Yellow Cab Company Ltd.

            Tanja Hinder (“the Plaintiff”) is suing the Yellow Cab Company Ltd. (“the Defendant Company”) and Sukhdev Singh Pannu (“the Defendant Driver”) for damages in relation to injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident (“the accident”) that occurred on December 16, 2010 in Vancouver, BC....

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Leong v. Besic

             THE COURT:  The plaintiff was a passenger in the rear seat of her father’s vehicle when it was rear-ended on August 6, 2011....

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Scott v. Hoey

             The plaintiff, Brianna Scott, seeks damages in respect of injuries that she alleges were sustained by her in a motor vehicle accident....

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Pruden v. Gagnon

             This matter comes before the court on a trial of liability alone, damages having been severed September 22, 2015 by Master Scarth....

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P.T. v. K.T.

             These reasons concern the appellant’s appeal of an order made by Master Taylor on May 6, 2015, P.T. v. K.T., (6 May 2015), Vancouver E141550 (B.C.S.C.), settling interim parenting arrangements for two children now in the middle of this family law dispute....

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Gonopolsky v. Hammerston

             The plaintiff has asked the Court to determine if the plaintiff had sufficient reason to commence her personal injury action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and thereby entitle her to costs of the action pursuant to Rule 14-1(10) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009 and to costs of the application. The defendant opposes the application....

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Bayfield v. British Columbia (Ministry of Transportation)

             Closing submissions in this trial were partially heard on June 12, 2015. During the submissions of the defendant the plaintiff objected that the defendant was not entitled to argue that if the plaintiff's injuries were caused or contributed to by faulty maintenance of the Inland Island Highway that cannot be the basis for the defendant's liability....

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P.T. v. K.T.

             These reasons concern the respondent’s appeal of an order made by Master Taylor on June 5, 2015 granting her interim child and spousal support....

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Peer v. Michaud

             The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident on March 19, 2011. She was a seat-belted front passenger in a 2011 Toyota SUV. According to the plaintiff’s submission, the circumstances of the accident were that the defendant had suddenly turned left immediately in front of the SUV in which the plaintiff was riding, causing in excess of $15,000.00 damage to the SUV....

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Wilder v. Munro

             This is a fast track personal injury action set to proceed to trial on December 14, 2015. The action has been discontinued against the defendant Paddock....

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Tomana v. Galvin

            THE COURT:  On the morning of 20 August 2010, Ms. Tomana was driving her car southbound on Blanshard Street in Saanich, B.C. In the car with her, seated in the passenger's seat, was her husband Balraj Singh Tomana. While stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Blanshard and Saanich Road, Ms. Tomana's vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle being driven by the defendant, Mr. Galvin....

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Elworthy v. Tillit

             This action is one of two personal injury claims brought by the plaintiff. In this proceeding, the plaintiff is alleged to have been injured in a motor vehicle accident on July 5, 2013. The other proceeding, Elworthy v.Stewart, Victoria Registry no. 15‑2263, concerns injuries suffered by the plaintiff on March 13, 2015, while operating a bicycle. Liability, causation and the quantum of damages are contentious issues in both proceedings....

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