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.




Loft v. Nat

             This is an application for costs following a decision of mine (2013 BCSC 1568) dated August 28, 2013 granting damages to the plaintiff for injuries incurred in a motor vehicle accident which had occurred in 2007. The plaintiff had sought considerably more than I found to be owing, ie. he sought damages of over $3 million. Due to pre-existing medical conditions, personality disorders and in particular the plaintiff’s lack of credibility, I granted total damages of approximately $63,000 for general damages, past wage loss and special damages....

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Van Rhyn v. Khabra

             THE COURT:  This is an application, brought on short leave by the defendant, for the plaintiff to attend a defence medical examination tomorrow with Dr. Medvedev. Dr. Medvedev is a neurologist....

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White v. Wiens

             Mr. White was injured in a motor vehicle accident that took place on December 31, 2009 at the intersection of Evans Road and Stephensons Road in Chilliwack, British Columbia, while he was stopped on Evans Road to make a left-hand turn onto Stephensons Road. At that point his vehicle in which he was the driver was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by the defendant Mr. Wiens....

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Redmond v. Krider

             At approximately 4:00 p.m. on March 24, 2010, in Coquitlam, British Columbia, the plaintiff, Karen Redmond, was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a motor vehicle operated by the defendant, Cole Krider.  Both liability and damages for the accident are in issue....

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Vandendorpel v. Evoy

             On the morning of Saturday, 9 October 2010, the plaintiff Michael Vandendorpel was walking to his place of work in Colwood, B.C. While he was in a pedestrian controlled crosswalk, Mr. Vandendorpel was struck by a vehicle driven by the defendant, Mr. Beverly Evoy....

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Badreldin v. Swatridge

             THE COURT:  The plaintiff’s action arises out of a motor vehicle accident which occurred on November 4, 2010....

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Pagal v. Lennox

             This is an assessment of a bill of costs arising from a motor vehicle accident which occurred on October 25, 2010. Both liability and quantum were at issue....

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Worobetz v. Fooks

             The plaintiff, Ms. Worobetz, a 45 year-old married mother of three children, claims damages as a result of a motor vehicle collision (“Accident”) that occurred on January 21, 2010, when the vehicle she was driving was struck from behind by a vehicle being driven by the defendant, Mr. Fooks....

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Hodgson v. Saeed

            The plaintiff Bryan Hodgson was in a motor vehicle accident on September 23, 2010.  The plaintiff was 23 years of age at the time of the accident.  The plaintiff is a heavy equipment operator and has worked at a number of different jobs over the past several years....

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Mothe v. Silva

             This is an action for personal injuries arising as a result of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on November 24, 2011, when a tractor trailer truck driven by the defendant, Jean-Paul Silva struck the rear end of the pickup truck driven by the plaintiff, Lindsey Mothe. Liability is not at issue. At issue are the non-pecuniary damages, claims for past and future wage loss and the cost of future care....

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Camilleri v. Bergen

            The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle collision on July 24, 2011. Liability is admitted. The action has been discontinued against the first named defendant, Yung Oh. The remaining defendant, Julia Bergen, argues that there are no significant factual disputes in the evidence and there is largely consensus among the medical experts that the plaintiff suffers from chronic myofascial pain as a result of the collision. However, the parties are far apart on damages. The plaintiff seeks damages totalling over $865,000, with loss of future earning capacity at over $618,000 being the largest head of damages. The defendant argues that a total award in the range of $51,000 to $89,000 is reasonable.BACKGROUND...

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Langley (Township) v. Witschel

            By way of summary trial, the defendant applies for a dismissal of the plaintiff’s claim on the basis that it was filed out of time and is thus statute-barred....

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