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.




Fennell v. Hiebert

             The primary issue in this plaintiff's personal injury action is whether the plaintiff's ongoing complaints of pain in her right back and right shoulder are caused by a motor vehicle accident in which she was involved 12 years ago. The quantum of the plaintiff's damages for non‑pecuniary loss, cost of care, and reduction of earning capacity all turn on that causation issue.Discussion...

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Raun v. Suran

             The plaintiff Joel Raun was injured in a violent rear-end motor vehicle collision July 12, 2005.  The defendants have admitted liability for the collision.  The issue to be decided is the appropriate amount of compensation to which Mr. Raun is entitled as a result of injuries caused by the collision.  The plaintiff seeks $75,000 to $80,000 for general damages, $68,000 to $98,000 for past loss of income, $75,000 to $100,000 for reduced earning capacity and $1,533.59 in special damages.  The defendants’ submission is that a proper award would be $18,000 for non-pecuniary damages, nothing for past loss of income or reduced earning capacity and $693.59 for general damages.  The wide discrepancy in suggested damages arise from conflicting assessments of the nature, extent and duration of Mr. Raun’s physical injuries and the cause of his lack of earnings since the collision....

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Jones v. Ma

             THE COURT:  In this personal injury trial, the defendant has tendered an expert report of an accident reconstruction expert. The cover page of the report is signed by Gerald Sdoutz, Forensic Engineer, and is dated February 26, 2009, although it appears that that date is in error and should be February 26, 2010....

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Bortnik v. Gutierrez

 This is a damage assessment with respect to soft tissue injuries the plaintiff says he suffered in a motor vehicle accident on July 13, 2007.  The defendants have admitted liability....

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Anderson v. Cejka

             In this trial, the plaintiff Robert Anderson claims against the defendants Daniel Cejka and Mopsey Purcell for damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff alleges that, on June 26, 2006, at Parksville, he was injured as a result of the negligence of the defendant Daniel Cejka in the operation of a motor vehicle owned by the defendant Mopsey Purcell....

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Haley v. Gust

             The plaintiff, Justine Haley, was injured in a motorcycle collision on March 4, 2007. The defendants admitted liability. The assessment of Ms. Haley’s damages proceeded to trial under Rule 66....

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Jones v. Ma

             THE COURT:  In this personal injury trial, the plaintiff seeks to introduce into evidence a conversation she had with the defendant, Chun Wah Ma, at the scene of the motor vehicle accident. Immediately after the accident occurred, the plaintiff got out of her vehicle, approached the defendant driver of the other vehicle, and asked her if she was okay. She nodded yes. The defendant Ma said she was sorry, that she was lost, that she had wanted to make a U-turn, that she had caused the accident, and that it was her fault....

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Sauv v. ICBC

           The plaintiff was injured when the car she was driving was involved in a collision with another vehicle that was being driven by the defendant Bowles. The plaintiff alleges that Bowles was negligent. She also alleges that the driver of another vehicle was also negligent and caused or contributed to the accident. The identity of that other driver is unknown and, as a consequence, the plaintiff has sued The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (“ICBC”) as nominal defendant, under the provisions of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 231....

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Broman v. Machida Mack Shewchuk Meagher LLP

           On April 12, 2004, Mr. Broman suffered injuries in a motor vehicle accident that occurred in Calgary, Alberta.  Mr. Broman was and is a resident of British Columbia.  Mr. Broman hired the British Columbian lawyers Scarborough Herman Bluekens (“SHB”) to prosecute a claim on his behalf against Mr. Curr, the Albertan driver that struck him.  SHB advised Mr. Broman to commence an action in Alberta, and SHB retained Machida Mack Shewchuk Meagher LLP (“MM”), an Albertan law firm, to act as its agent in Alberta to file pleadings and assist SHB with carriage of the suit. ...

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Dial v. Grewal

           On October 3, 2006, the plaintiff, Narinder Kaur Dial, was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Surrey, British Columbia. The defendants admit liability....

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Fong v. Deglan

           On May 6, 2010 I heard an application by the plaintiff, Irene Fong, to amend her statement of claim to add a claim pursuant to s. 2(1) of the Health Care Costs Recovery Act to recover the costs of government services provided to her.  The application was heard at the same time as an application for the same relief brought by Ms. April Gosselin in New Westminster Registry No. S104306....

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Gosselin v. Shepherd

           On May 6, 2010 I heard two applicants raising the same issue.  In these reasons I will deal with the application in New Westminster Registry No. S104306 in which the plaintiff, April Gosselin, applies for an order to amend her statement of claim to add a claim pursuant to s. 2 of the Health Care Costs Recovery Act, R.S.B.C., 2008 Ch. 27 (the “Act”) to recover the cost of health care services provided to her by the government of British Columbia.  In Vancouver Registry No. S070700 the plaintiff, Irene Fong, made application for substantially the same amendment.  I will deal with that application in separate reasons....

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