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.




Savoie v. Williams

             The plaintiff claims damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident on September 28, 2009. The accident occurred when the defendant, Sean Douglas Williams, entered an intersection at 88th Avenue and 192nd Street in Surrey, without stopping at a stop sign, and while the plaintiff had the right-of-way. While counsel for the third party was unable to admit liability on the part of Mr. Williams, he led no evidence to contest the plaintiff’s evidence, nor did he advance any argument that contradicted the plaintiff’s argument that the defendant Williams was 100 percent responsible for the accident. I find the defendant Williams 100 percent responsible for the accident....

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Vance v. Cartwright

             THE COURT:  The plaintiff seeks a determination of liability for injuries sustained in a vehicle collision which occurred on June 5, 2010 at the intersection of 198th Street and 21st Avenue in Langley, B.C.  Liability was severed from damages by way of a consent order pronounced by Master MacNaughton dated October 15, 2103....

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Baker v. Clark

             On April 27, 2011, Mr. Baker’s taxi and Ms. Clark’s car collided at the intersection of Spadina Avenue and Edward Street in Chilliwack, British Columbia....

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Ekman v. Cook

             This is the trial on the issue of liability for an accident that occurred on June 11, 2011 on a rural street in Surrey British Columbia....

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Visona v. Stewart

             The plaintiff, Ms. Visona, claims damages arising from a low-impact collision which occurred on November 23, 2009 in Surrey, B.C. (“the accident”). Liability is admitted and only causation and the extent of various heads of damage were in issue at trial. Ms. Visona seeks damages for pain and suffering, special damages, and damages for loss of past and future income.I.                 FactsA.              The Accident...

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Walker v. Doe

             The defendant, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, seeks various cost orders against either counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. Harding, or against the plaintiff, Jason Walker. The application arises from my having declared a mistrial. A new trial date has been set for June 9, 2014. Counsel for each of Mr. Harding and the plaintiff argue that the issue of costs, arising from the mistrial, should be dealt with by the trial judge who ultimately hears this matter....

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Kasim v. Spittel

             THE COURT:  The plaintiff applies, under Rule 14‑1(29), for a review of the assessment of the plaintiff's bill of costs that was made by a Master on June 11, 2013. The facts which underlie this application are straightforward and not in dispute....

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Gill v. Gill

             THE COURT:  This is an appeal by the defendant from a Master's order pronounced August 16, 2013. ...

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Pond v. Bucsis

             In this personal injury action, the plaintiff seeks damages for injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on November 12, 2007. On that day the defendant, Donna Bucsis, backed into the plaintiff’s vehicle in the parking lot of a recycling depot in Vernon, B.C. The defendant admits primary liability for the accident, but argues that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent....

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Ladret v. Stephens

             The plaintiff Heather Ladret’s claim is for damages for personal injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on July 2, 2009 on Vancouver Island on the Island Highway when the defendant, Natasha Grsic, turned in front of the plaintiff’s on-coming vehicle, resulting in a T-bone collision.  The plaintiff was injured in the accident.  Liability is admitted, and the issues at trial relate to the assessment of damages. ...

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Gormick v. Amenta

             Following release of my reasons (2013 BCSC 1128), the parties appeared before me for clarification on two points. ...

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Smith v. Both

             This action arises from a motor vehicle accident (“the Accident”) that occurred on July 11, 2009 in the Township of Langley, British Columbia....

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