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.




Minosky v. Brar

           These two related actions came on for hearing before me to determine liability only....

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Mehta v. Douglas

             At the conclusion of a summary trial I invited counsel to make submissions in writing dealing with the issue of costs. The summary trial involved the assessment of damages for the infant plaintiff who was injured in a motor vehicle accident....

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Green v. Pelley

             THE COURT:  The plaintiffs in these two actions, Jennifer and Jeffery Green, were occupants of a motor vehicle involved in a serious collision with a Ford pickup truck owned by the defendant Robert McIvor.  Mr. McIvor had given possession of the truck to his daughter, the defendant Jill McIvor, who, for the sake of convenience, I will refer to her by her first name largely throughout these reasons....

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Kotscha v. Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem

             In this summary trial application pursuant to Rule 9-7 of the Supreme Court Rules, the defendant seeks to have the action dismissed on the basis that it was not commenced within the two-year limitation period provided for a personal injury action by s. 3(2)(a) of the Limitation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 266.EVIDENCE...

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Doho v. Melnikova

             This is a personal injury damages action arising out of two motor vehicle accidents. The main issues are, on the one hand, the plaintiff’s claims for loss of opportunity to earn past income and for reduction of his future earning capacity, and on the other, the defendants’ claims that the plaintiff failed to mitigate his loss and that his injuries have not impacted his earning capacity in a legally meaningful way....

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Burton v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

             The plaintiff, Connie Burton, sues the defendant, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (“ICBC”), pursuant to s. 24 of the Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 231 (the “Act”), as a nominal defendant, arising out of an alleged hit and run accident that occurred in Duncan, B.C., on December 1, 2008. Mrs. Burton had stopped at a stop sign waiting to turn right and join southbound traffic on the Trans Canada Highway (“TCH”) when an unidentified vehicle hit the Burton vehicle from behind and, shortly after, left the scene....

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Miller v. Boughton

             The plaintiff and the defendant litigated the plaintiff’s claims before a jury relating to a motor vehicle accident that occurred in Kamloops, British Columbia on July 22, 2006....

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Fairchild v. Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

             This is the plaintiff’s assessment of her costs in a medical malpractice action that settled on December 5, 2010 (the day before a 10 day trial of the action was set to begin) for some $200,000 plus costs and disbursements....

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Moore v. Briggs

             The plaintiff obtained judgment in default of appearance against the defendant, Robert Dutra, on June 10, 2005. This trial was for the assessment of damages suffered by the plaintiff as a result of an assault by the defendant. The plaintiff testified. A consulting report from Dr. Lanius, a neuropsychologist, dated July 16, 2004, was also in evidence. Finally, a statement of lost wages was placed into evidence. There were no medical reports before the court, either past or current....

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Chow-Hidasi v. Hidasi

             Liability for a single-motor-vehicle accident is the issue on this summary trial. On January 26, 2007 the parties were on route from their home in Peachland to Vancouver by way of Highway 97C . As they approached the summit the defendant, Mr. Hidasi, lost control of the car. The plaintiff, Mrs. Chow-Hidasi, was in the front passenger seat. The vehicle collided with two separate concrete no‑post barriers before coming to a stop. Mr. Hidasi was not injured in the accident; Mrs. Chow-Hidasi was....

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Pang v. Dhalla

           The plaintiff claims damages for injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident of April 13, 2007 that is said to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, Shenul Dhalla. The trial proceeded under Rule 15-1....

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