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.




Schuk v. York Fire & Casualty Insurance Company

             In December, 2005, Ms. Schuk was struck by a highway tractor trailer on Highway 16 near Valemont, B.C.  The tractor trailer was licensed in Manitoba.  Ms. Schuk was a pedestrian at the time.  She had a B.C. driver’s license....

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Hunter v. Yuan

           The plaintiff, Melissa Hunter, is a 32 year old woman who was injured in a motor vehicle accident October 20, 2006 in North Vancouver, British Columbia....

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Rothenbusch v. Van Boeyen

             The plaintiff, Jacob Rothenbusch, claims damages for injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident (the “accident”) that occurred in Mission, B.C. on February 22, 2007. The defendant, Kevin Van Boeyen, contests both liability and the quantum of damages claimed....

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Hall Estate (Re)

             Mr. John M. Sims, past committee and current executor of the estate of Gordon Anderson Hall, applies for two heads of relief (to quote the application):  to pass his accounts for the period February 28th, 2005 through May 19th, 2009 andto recommend a fair and reasonable allowance for Mr. Sims for his care, pain, trouble, and time expended in and about the estate in administering, disposing of, arranging, and settling the affairs of the estate during the same period.  ...

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Schulze v. Strain

             This has been a short trial of a claim for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident which occurred on January 10, 2007, near Campbell River.  Shortly before the trial, the defendant admitted that he alone was at fault for the accident.  The only issue at the end of the trial was the amount of damages that should be awarded to the plaintiff for non-pecuniary loss....

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R. v. Denholme

             Following a seven day trial the appellant, Simeon Denholme, was convicted of assault and unlawful confinement under sections 266 and 279 (2) of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46....

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Carr v. Simpson

             On February 19, 2005, the plaintiff, Katrina Carr, sustained multiple soft-tissue injuries in a high impact motor vehicle collision. She was a passenger in a minivan which was struck from behind by a Chevrolet Cavalier driven by the defendant, Randy Simpson. The defendant believes he fell asleep at the wheel. His liability is admitted....

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Bakken v. Goddard

             Gordon Bakken was injured in a car accident in August 1997. Shortly after the accident, he retained Edward Goddard as his solicitor to bring a personal injury action on his behalf. Mr. Bakken entered into a contingent fee contract (the “Contract”) with Mr. Goddard. The action was advanced to trial in October 1999 and was heard by Koenigsberg J. Following the trial, Koenigsberg J. awarded damages to Mr. Bakken in an amount slightly in excess of $300,000....

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Bishop v. Minichiello

             This ruling arises in the context of an extensive application for various forms of pre-trial evidence gathering and disclosure, most parts of which were ultimately spoken to by consent at a hearing on September 30, 2010. At that time I seized myself as the management judge. This development and the matters the parties spoke to are expected to be promptly embodied in an order that includes the disposition contained in these reasons....

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N.B. v. S.B.

           This is a family law proceeding brought before July1, 2010. To be consistent with the Supreme Court Family Rules, these reasons will refer to the plaintiff as the claimant and the defendant as the respondent....

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Jayetileke v. Blake

             The plaintiff was awarded damages less than the defendant's offer to settle. Nonetheless, the plaintiff seeks costs because the defendant called an expert witness who had been branded as an advocate in prior cases, and whose conduct in this trial was deserving of rebuke....

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Wahl v. Sidhu

             In this personal injury action the 39 year old plaintiff claims damages for injuries the he says were sustained on June 22, 2006 when he was driving his employer’s 1988 Ford Pickup Truck which was loaded with two large tires weighing approximately 1,200 pounds each.  He was in the process of delivering them to a destination while carrying out his business duties for his employer, Midway Tire Limited. ...

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