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.




MacAulay v. Field

             On February 16, 2010, the plaintiff Karen MacAulay sustained soft-tissue injuries to her neck and back in a motor vehicle collision with a pick-up truck driven by the defendant Arthur Field. Ms. MacAulay was the driver and sole occupant of a Mazda Miata, which was side-swiped on the driver’s side by the fish-tailing pick-up truck. The repair cost for the Miata was $4,647....

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Stanway v. Wyeth Canada Inc.

             In my directions regarding litigation funding agreements (LFA) indexed at 2013 BCSC 1585, I determined that a LFA may be approved in British Columbia. I invited the defendants’ submissions in respect of the particular aspects of the LFA. I determined that the LFA is subject to privilege on matters relating to litigation strategy, litigation budget and other “highly sensitive” aspects....

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Pichugin v. Stoian

             The plaintiff, Ivan Pichugin, claims damages for injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on July 24, 2010 (the “accident”)....

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Yang v. Fitzsimmons

             The plaintiff sues for damages arising out of two motor vehicle accidents ("MVAs") involving different defendants....

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Morgan v. Galbraith

             On April 20, 2012 I filed reasons for judgment (indexed at Morgan v. Galbraith, 2012 BCSC 576) after a nine day trial to assess damages flowing from a motor vehicle collision. I awarded the plaintiff $700,000 for future loss of earning capacity less 30% for his failure to mitigate for a total of $490,000. For past income losses I awarded the sum of $61,483 less 30% for a total of $43,038.10....

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Fabretti v. Gill

             On January 12, 2005 at approximately 10:00 p.m., a tragic accident occurred on the Pattullo Bridge in New Westminster (the “Accident”). The plaintiff was only 12 years old at the time. He was asleep in the rear right passenger seat beside his 10-year old sister, Amanda, who was also asleep. His father, Terry Fabretti, was driving, and his mother, Jocelyn Fabretti, was in the front passenger seat of their 2001 Mazda Tribute....

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Saopaseuth v. Phavongkham

             On January 15, 2011, Soukphavong Saopaseuth was injured in a motor vehicle accident (the “MVA”). Mr. Saopaseuth was the front seat passenger in the defendant’s Nissan Sentra sedan when it rear-ended another vehicle. Upon impact, Mr. Saopaseuth was thrust forward and then backward while secured by his seatbelt. He sustained soft-tissue injuries. The impact caused only the driver’s airbag to deploy....

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Hermanson v. Durkee

             The plaintiff was 18 years of age at the time he was injured in a motor vehicle incident. His principal injury is a severe traumatic brain injury....

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Franson v. Caldarella

             The plaintiff applies at a trial management conference to have the trial in this matter heard without a jury on the grounds that the issues require prolonged examination of documents, a scientific investigation, and are of an intricate or complex character....

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Ostrikoff v. Oliveira

             The plaintiff seeks an order that he be awarded double costs of all steps taken in this proceeding following service of a certain offer to settle dated February 17, 2014.  For the reasons that follow, I grant the order.Background...

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McLeod v. Goodman

             Sheila McLeod was injured in a motor vehicle accident on August 14, 2008. Liability is admitted on behalf of the defendants and, therefore, the issues before this court relate to an assessment of damages claimed for her injuries. Mrs. McLeod seeks damages for pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life, loss of past earning capacity, loss of future earning capacity, cost of future care, and special damages....

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Walker v. John Doe

             The defendant, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (“ICBC”) brings this application to strike out statements made in three letters by counsel for the plaintiff which are directed at three expert witnesses whose reports are relied on by the defendant. The letters from counsel were delivered in accordance with R.11-6 (10) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, BC Reg. 168/2009 [“Rules”], and serve as the plaintiff’s notice of objection to the admissibility of each of the expert’s evidence. The language in the three letters in question is identical except for the expert’s name. The letters set out in very general terms - which could be described as “boilerplate” - the reasons why the plaintiff says the reports are inadmissible. The statement to which the defendant objects in each of the letters reads as follows:6.         We shall seek sanctions personally against [expert’s name], including but not limited to Special Costs....

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