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.




Stead v. Brown

             THE COURT:  These proceedings arose as a result of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on May 3, 2007. The plaintiff has alleged a wide variety of injuries as a result of the accident....

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Schray v. Jim Pattison Industries Ltd.

           The defendants, Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. and Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. operating as Save-On-Foods, apply pursuant to Rule 18A of the Rules of Court, B.C. Reg 221/90, for an order that this action be dismissed with costs.  The plaintiff, Elsie Hilda Schray, is suing the defendants for alleged negligence and breach of statutory duty relating to her slip and fall while in the front-end department of the defendants’ Coquitlam Store No. 998 (“the Store”) on February 19, 2002, as a result of which she claims to have suffered injury, loss, and damage....

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Posch v. Davies

             On November 24, 2004, the plaintiff, Lillian Posch, was involved in a relatively minor rear-end collision that caused her soft tissue injuries....

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Sullivan v. Victoria (City)

             On July 7, 2009, the plaintiff, Ms. Sullivan, who is a slight elderly woman, tripped on the exposed edge of a section of sidewalk in James Bay, Victoria, and fell. She suffered minor injuries from which she recovered within a week or so. Ms. Sullivan claims damages for pain and suffering against the defendant, City of Victoria (the “City”)....

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Peters v. Paterson

             This action arises out of a serious accident which occurred on Harrison Lake on or about August 16, 2005 between a motorboat and a wind surfer.  The plaintiff was aboard his windsurfer.  The defendants, Kamalpreet Gill, Arvinder Kaler, Parmjit Dhillon and Sukhbir Brar were the occupants of a motor boat (the “motorboat defendants”) which was involved in a collision with the windsurfer operated by the plaintiff....

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Sylte v. Rodriguez

             The plaintiff Kristine Sylte sues for damages which she suffered as a result of a motor vehicle accident.  The defendants have admitted that their negligence was the sole cause of the accident....

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Coates v. Triance

             THE COURT:  This is an application by a plaintiff for an order allowing a Rule 28 examination of a witness, Ms.Kim Lo.  The application arises in the context of a claim for damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident, which occurred on October 29, 1999.  The proposed witness is an insurance adjuster for ICBC, the automobile insurer of the defendants....

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Hamo v. Khan

             In this personal injury action a medical expert charged a total of $69,543.75 for two reports.  At issue on this costs assessment is the reasonableness of those charges, as well as some additional charges for a trial preparation meeting.B.       Facts...

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Cabral v. Brice

             Danny Cabral was driving a pick-up truck when he was struck from behind by a commercial truck driven by Andrew Brice. The accident occurred on March 31, 2006, in Langley, British Columbia....

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Bamani-Moghaddam v. Mojdehie

             This action relates to a motor vehicle accident that occurred on November 23, 2004 when the plaintiff was stopped at red light at the intersection of Marine Drive and Hanes Avenue (in North Vancouver) and was rear-ended by the defendant Mojdehie.  Liability was admitted.  The plaintiff claimed to have suffered injuries to her neck, shoulders and upper back as a result of the accident....

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Sooparayachetty v. Fox

             In each of these actions, the defendants apply under Rule 14(6) (a) and (b) for the following orders:1. that the Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim filed herein be struck out or the proceedings against the Defendants be dismissed or stayed on the grounds that the Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim do not allege facts that, if true, would establish that the Court has jurisdiction over the Defendants in respect of the claims made against the Defendants in the herein action;2. that this action be dismissed or stayed on the ground that the Court does not have jurisdiction over the Defendants, in respect of the claims made against them in this action; and3. for costs if, and only to the extent that, application for and receipt of, costs does not constitute submission to the Court’s jurisdiction.Background...

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Perrault v. North Vancouver (District)

             In the middle of the night on January 19, 2005, the plaintiffs awoke to find that a large portion of their back yard had slid down the slope upon which their house was built.  They later learned that the land slide had killed one resident of a house below and seriously injured another.  The plaintiffs had owned this property at 2175 Berkley Avenue, North Vancouver (the “Property”) for about a year and were unaware of any geo-technical issues regarding it or properties in the area....

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