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.




Rosso v. Balubal

             At age 31, on February 28, 2011, Ryan Rosso was driving a small delivery car in Vancouver, as part of his employment, when another driver heading in the same direction in the lane to his left, Mirriam Balubal, changed lanes and drove into the driver’s side of his car. ...

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Debou v. Besemer

             The plaintiff, born April 24, 1946, is an experienced courtroom lawyer. He was called to the bar in 1971, practicing in the areas of criminal, civil, and family law....

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Link v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

             In this case, the parties agreed to sever liability from damages for the purposes of this summary judgment application. The determination of liability is the sole issue before the Court. The plaintiff, Mr. Link, was involved in a single vehicle accident after the front windshield of his vehicle (the “Link Vehicle”) was blanketed with snow by a passing sport utility vehicle (the “SUV”). The issue in this case is whether the actions of the driver of the (unidentified) SUV constituted negligence.II.               FACTUAL BACKGROUND...

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Richmond v. Channa

             On November 21, 2008, a car driven by Mark Richmond collided with a car driven by Perminder Channa (the “accident”) within the intersection of East Whalley Ring Road (“Ring Road”) and 107A Avenue in Surrey, British Columbia (the “intersection”). Mr. Richmond was travelling north on Ring Road and Ms. Channa was travelling west on 107A Avenue....

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Frank v. Kalokina

             THE COURT:  The defendants, Lucy Kalokina and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, have brought this application pursuant to Rule 9-6 of the Supreme Court Rules for an order dismissing the plaintiff's tort action against them. The surrounding facts are as follows....

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Gillespie v. Yellow Cab Company Ltd.

             This action concerns Mr. Gillespie’s claim for damages for injuries he alleges were caused by motor vehicle accidents in December 2009 (the first accident) and January 2010 (the second accident)....

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Salsman v. Planes

             This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a Master’s decision, sitting as a Registrar, involving a costs assessment in a personal injury action....

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Rasmussen v. Blower

             On December 9, 2008, the plaintiff was a passenger in a stopped minivan which was struck in the rear by the defendant’s vehicle.  There was significant damage to both vehicles....

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Hayhurst v. Rees

             This is an assessment of three disbursements claimed by the plaintiff following settlement of his claims resulting from injuries he sustained in two motor vehicle accidents. The first accident was on July 27, 2008 and the second occurred on June 2, 2011....

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Mackinnon v. Rabeco Holdings (1989) Ltd.

             The defendants apply pursuant to Rule 7-1(18) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009 for an order that the officer in charge at the Langley Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (the “RCMP") produce documents concerning a criminal investigation and conviction of the plaintiff arising out of an incident which occurred on June 25, 2012 (the “June 25, 2012 incident”) and additionally an incident which is alleged to have occurred in 2009 which was investigated by police, but where no charges were laid (the “2009 incident”)....

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Davidge v. Fairholm

             THE COURT:  At the end of trial, during closing submissions, the plaintiff has applied to anonymize his name in any published judgment.  This is a case in which the plaintiff is suing for damages for injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident....

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Griffith v. Larsen

             The plaintiff suffered injuries when her car was struck from behind in three separate accidents on December 14, 2010, February 3, 2011 and September 20, 2011. None of the collisions ought to be characterized as violent. The plaintiff described the first impact as moderate, the second as “a nudge” and the third as moderate. Nevertheless the plaintiff complains of serious and partially disabling injuries.Plaintiff’s Background...

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