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.




Bayfield v. British Columbia (Ministry of Transportation)

             THE COURT:   This is an application by the defendant, the Province of British Columbia, to exclude an expert report Ms. Bayfield, the plaintiff, wishes to introduce in her upcoming trial. The salient facts of the claim are the plaintiff, Ms. Bayfield, was involved in a single motor vehicle accident on the Inland Island Highway on Vancouver Island in March 2005. She was severely injured, suffering brain damage and paralysis of her left arm. An action was commenced by writ and statement of claim in March 2007....

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Dhaliwal v. Pillay

             Mr. Dhaliwal was involved in two separate motor vehicle accidents which are the subject of these two claims....

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Brown v. Dhariwal

             The plaintiff was injured on December 11, 2008 when the vehicle she was driving was struck by a vehicle owned by the defendant Daljit S. Dhariwal and driven by the defendant Surinder Kaur Dhariwal.  The defendants admit that Daljit Dhariwal’s negligence caused the accident.  Ms. Brown is seeking damages for her injuries.  The defendants dispute the nature, duration and severity of the injuries alleged by the plaintiff.CREDIBILITY...

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Liu v. Bains

            Ms. Liu was involved in three car accidents. The “First Accident” was on November 6, 2009, about five years before the start of the trial. The “Second Accident” was about four months later, on March 10, 2010. The “Third Accident” was about two and a half years later, on October 5, 2012....

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Cabezas v. HMTQ

             The plaintiff alleges that she was injured in a single vehicle accident on November 26, 2010 when she lost control of her vehicle due to slippery road conditions. The accident took place on Highway 101 near Trout Lake outside Sechelt, B.C. The defendants, Capilano Highway Services Company, A General Partnership, Hilbar Enterprises Inc. d.b.a. Capilano Highway Services Company, Rockline Construction Ltd. d.b.a. Capilano Highway Services Company (the “Capilano defendants”) were responsible for highway maintenance in the area where the accident occurred. The Capilano defendants employed Robert Colville and Lewis Cocker as highway maintenance workers. The plaintiff alleges that the accident was caused by the negligence of the Capilano defendants. The Capilano defendants deny liability and say that they complied with their duties. The road conditions as well as the actions of the highway maintenance workers in the hours leading up to the accident are issues for determination in the litigation....

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Lapointe v. John Doe

             This is an application by the plaintiff for summary judgment on the liability issues in this action....

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Bergen v. Gaetz

             THE COURT:  This is an application by the defendants for an adjournment of the trial presently scheduled for March 30, 2015 for 13 days. The trial had been previously scheduled to commence on June 27, 2014 by consent. However, at the request of counsel for the defendants, the June 2014 trial was adjourned and rescheduled to March 2015....

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Mittenen v. Dudley

             The plaintiff claims damages for personal injuries suffered in an assault and battery that occurred December 24, 2012.  On that occasion the plaintiff, Mr. Brian Mittenen, was punched several times about the face and head by the defendant, Mr. Jake Dudley....

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Koulechov v. Dunstan

             The defendants apply under Rule 7-6 for an order that the plaintiff submit to an examination by an orthopaedic surgeon....

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