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.




McLellan v. Shirley

             The plaintiff sought damages for bodily injury she sustained on January 5, 2010 during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed at the Langley Memorial Hospital by one of the defendants, Dr. Donald Audley Shirley (“Dr. Shirley”), a general surgeon. For the following reasons, the defendant physician, Dr. Barbara Lynn Taneda (“Dr. Taneda”), successfully applied in this summary trial to dismiss the action brought against her by the plaintiff, Amanda McLellan....

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Hubley v. Nicolson

             The plaintiff claims damages for injuries she received in a motor vehicle accident that occurred in Fort St. John, British Columbia on September 6, 2011....

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Abbotsford (City) v. Shantz

             In Action No. 159480, the City of Abbotsford (‘the City”) seeks a permanent injunction in relation to events that occurred at Jubilee Park in Abbotsford. In addition, the City seeks damages against the personal defendant, Barry Shantz....

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Litt v. Hassan

             The plaintiff, a taxi driver, claims damages for injuries he suffered in two separate motor vehicle collisions involving his taxi vehicle (“Taxi”)....

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Ram v. Chhina

             THE COURT:  This is an application for the plaintiff to attend an independent medical examination with Dr. Medvedev, who is a neurologist, on October 22, 2015 at 9:00 a.m....

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Graydon v. Neal

             THE COURT:  This is an application by the plaintiff to add Rodolfo Spatzner as a defendant in this action, and for costs which the plaintiff claims at Scale C, and of course, leave to amend the notice of civil claim in the form which is attached to the notice of application.introduction...

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Picco v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

             The plaintiff, Thomas Lane Picco, claims damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident (the “Accident”) that occurred on July 1, 2009. The plaintiff’s vehicle, a GMC Yukon, was struck by a police car which propelled the plaintiff’s vehicle into the path of an oncoming car that struck his truck head on....

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Zaluski v. Verth

             The plaintiff seeks damages for injuries that she received in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on January 2, 2011 ("MVA"). The plaintiff seeks compensation for non-pecuniary damages, past wage loss, loss of future earning capacity, special damages and cost of future care....

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Jones v. Arjun

             In my Reasons for Judgment, indexed at 2013 BCSC 1313, I awarded the plaintiff, Thomas Jones, damages totalling $268,420.20 in respect of injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on August 9, 2008 (the “First Accident”). ...

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Whippy v. Akerley

             THE COURT:  These reasons for judgment are subject to editorial revisions before their reproduction in final form. Those revisions may include the insertion of additional references to the evidence, authorities, or submissions. In no manner will the results of my decision be changed....

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Luining v. Luining

             THE COURT:  This is an application by the defendants for orders that the plaintiff attend an independent medical examination by Dr. Eytan David, an otolaryngologist, or ear, nose, and throat specialist (ENT), and a functional capacity evaluation by Shawna Bonsen, an occupational therapist and certified functional capacity evaluator....

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Best v. Jerzyk

 The plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident on March 20, 2013 and suffered soft tissue injury.  The defendant has admitted liability.  The main issue in dispute is loss of earning capacity.II.               Facts...

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