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.




Zhang v. Ghebreanenya

            This claim arises out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on the morning of June 28, 2010.  The plaintiff, Mr. Zhang, was a rear seat passenger in a taxi that was taking him from the River Rock Casino in Richmond to his home on East 45th Avenue in Vancouver.  The defendant driver lost control of the taxi as it rounded a tight curve leading to the entrance to Highway 99 northbound towards the Oak Street bridge. ...

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Wagner v. Newbery

            Jaime Wagner was injured in two car accidents, the first occurring on December 17, 2008 and the second on April 28, 2009....

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Boyd v. Baldwin

            This action concerns the determination of liability for injuries the plaintiff, Angela Boyd ("Boyd"), says she sustained in a motor vehicle accident that occurred July 22, 2010, at the intersection of Fraser Street and East 12th Avenue in Vancouver....

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Cornish v. Khunkhun

             On January 15, 2015, I gave reasons for judgment in this matter in which I awarded the plaintiff, Ms. Cornish, damages totalling $159,052.75 for injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on January 25, 2010. My reasons are now indexed at 2015 BCSC 52....

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Diep v. Cunha

             This is a claim for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred September 12, 2010, in which the plaintiff, Ms. Hue Quynh Diep, was a pedestrian who was struck by the defendant’s vehicle....

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Khoury v. Vancouver (City)

            The plaintiff, Mr. Khoury, slipped and fell while visiting VanDusen Botanical Garden (the “Garden”) on November 19, 2011. He hurt his shoulder, which he says has interfered with his ability to earn income from his occupation, long haul trucking. He sues the owners and operators of the Garden, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and the City of Vancouver (collectively, the defendants) in negligence and under the Occupiers Liability Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 337 [OLA]. He says they did not do enough to protect patrons of the Garden from snow and ice hazards....

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Haroon v. Basran

             Mrs. Haroon was injured in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on June 11, 2011 in the Wal-Mart parking lot on 88th Avenue in Surrey....

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Montgomery v. Williamson

             Mr. Montgomery was driving his 2009 Toyota Highlander over the Alex Fraser Bridge on January 24, 2011 when he had to come to a stop for traffic in front of him....

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Wright v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

             In this action, the plaintiff, Dr. Robert Wright, asserts he is entitled to income replacement benefits under a group policy of insurance (the “Policy”) between the defendant The Prudential Group Assurance Company of England (Canada) (“Prudential”) and the Canadian Dental Association.  Dr. Wright asserts that his entitlement to benefits arises as a result of injuries he suffered in an accident (the “Accident”) while he was skiing on December 18, 1993.  Dr. Wright says these injuries rendered him first, residually disabled, and then totally disabled from carrying on his occupation practising dentistry as a general practitioner.  The benefits to which Dr. Wright says he is entitled exceed $1.5 million.  He seeks judgment for what he claims are the unpaid benefits, as well as aggravated damages and other relief....

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Espinoza v. Espinoza

             Roberto Espinoza Guerrero was the front seat passenger in a sport utility vehicle driven by the defendant, his wife, when it was involved in a single-vehicle accident on December 31, 2011.  The defendant admits liability for the accident, and further concedes that Mr. Espinoza was injured.  The extent, however, of Mr. Espinoza’s injuries is hotly contested....

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Provincial Health Services Authority v. Crothall Healthcare

             The third parties, Nilfisk-Advance Canada Company and Nilfisk-Advance, Inc. (“Nilfisk”) challenge pleadings by the defendants Crothall Healthcare, a division of Compass Group Canada Ltd./Groupe Compass Canada Ltee. (“Crothall”). In particular they challenge Crothall’s third party notice filed December 20, 2012 as amended June 20, 2013 arguing that the amendments are invalid, having created a new cause of action and having been made without consent or leave of the court. In this, Nilfisk relies primarily on Rules 3-5(8) and (13) and Rule 6-1(1) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules[1]. In the result, Nilfisk asks that portions of the third party notice be struck.BACKGROUND...

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