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.




Benedetti v. Breker

             The plaintiff applies for an order that Dr. Roy O’Shaughnessy be appointed as a joint expert in these personal injury proceedings.  I dismissed the application at the hearing with reasons to follow and these are those reasons.BACKGROUND...

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Hurn v. McLellan

           The parties bring cross-applications in this personal injury action. Following a nearly full day hearing, both applications were dismissed with written reasons to follow. The parties were ordered to bear their own costs with respect to the applications.The Applications...

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Perry v. Perry

             This is an assessment of damages for personal injuries claimed by the plaintiff, Beverly Perry (“Ms. Perry”), arising from two motor vehicle accidents....

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Cairns v. Gill

             This is an application by Indirjit Gill and Gurjit Kaur Gill (the “defendants”) for payment of their costs and disbursements after an offer to settle a personal injury claim arising from a motor vehicle accident was refused by Sherrill Leanne Cairns (the “plaintiff”).  The plaintiff declined to accept the defendants’ offer to settle her claim for $1,292 (the “offer to settle”) plus costs, and proceeded to a three day trial before a judge and jury.  The plaintiff, although the successful party at trial, received a total jury award of $851....

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Sartori v. Gates

             The plaintiff’s claim for damages, for personal injuries, resulted in a jury verdict, in his favour, assessing his personal injury damages at $344,100....

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D.K.B. v. British Columbia

             The plaintiff was a talented 13-year old hockey player when he was sexually abused by his coach. The plaintiff continued with a professional hockey career, but fell short of reaching what he says was his real potential. The question is to what extent the sexual abuse impacted the victim’s ability to earn income.Background...

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Enns v. Cahan

           THE COURT:  The respondent, Mr. Cahan, has applied for an order striking the jury notice given by the claimant, Mr. Enns. Joshua Enns died following a car accident on October 2, 2002. I will refer to him as Joshua to distinguish him from his father, who I refer to as Mr. Enns....

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Chun v. Smit

             There are two applications before the court for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 9-7, arising out of two separate proceedings. In each the plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant on the issue of liability, with damages to be assessed. One is on behalf of Taik Soo Chun, in action no. M095572. He was the driver of a motor vehicle involved in a collision with a vehicle operated by the defendant on February 23, 2009 at or near the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Shaughnessy Street in Port Coquitlam, B.C. The other application is on behalf of Ho Eun Kim, who was a passenger in the vehicle Taik Soo Chun was driving. The question is whether Taik Soo Chun may be liable to Mr. Kim, apparently does not trouble counsel, who represented both at this hearing....

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Mahil v. Price

           These reasons arise out of an application brought by the defendants, Mr. Price and Ms. Bell, to have the plaintiff, Mr. Mahil, examined by Dr. Peter Gropper this coming Monday, April 4, 2011. Dr. Gropper is an orthopaedic specialist....

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Habib v. Jack

             The plaintiff, Ms. Bibi Habib, received an injury while a passenger on the bus operated by the defendants Coast Mountain Bus Company Ltd. and Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (“TransLink”) and driven by Robert Jack. Ms. Habib alleges that she was injured when the driver did not reduce the speed of the bus when going over a speed bump. At the request of the parties, this trial dealt solely with the issue of liability.Facts...

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Parsons v. Mears

             This is a personal injury action in which liability is denied. The plaintiff seeks compensation for pain and suffering as well as past and prospective income loss....

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