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.




Hollows v. Wood

             The plaintiff is a 40-year old married mother of two children, a daughter, born in 2007 and a son, born in April 2010. The family lives in North Vancouver....

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Ash v. Zellers Inc.

             This is a request for documents by the plaintiff in a suit for personal injury which occurred during the course of the plaintiff’s arrest by the personal defendant, while he was employed by the corporate defendant as a Loss Prevention Officer. The documents the plaintiff seeks are three application forms the personal defendant filled out when seeking employment with the Metro Vancouver Transit Police, the Vancouver Police Department and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. All three were filled out while he was in the employ of Zellers Inc.Factual Background...

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Cebula v. Smith

             This action arises as a result of a motor vehicle accident (the “Accident”) that occurred in the City of Chilliwack, British Columbia.  Liability and damages are in dispute....

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Nour v. Surrey (City)

             This is an application brought on behalf of the plaintiff to add Brunswick and Stretchmate as defendants in this action....

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Klein Lyons v. Aduna

             Mr. Aduna was injured in a motor vehicle accident on July 13, 2005 (the “Accident”).  The Accident was witnessed by Mr. Bojan Petrovic, a case manager with Klein Lyons, Barristers and Solicitors (and the solicitors in this action).  Mr. Petrovic approached Mr. Aduna at the scene of the Accident, gave him his card and advised that he was prepared to be a witness on Mr. Aduna’s behalf regarding the circumstances of the accident should the need arise....

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Johal v. Conron

             The plaintiff, Surinder Kaur Johal, claims damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on June 10, 2009. Liability is not in issue....

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Tarasevich v. Samsam

             The plaintiff’s hips and sacrum were seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident. She has sued to recover damages for those injuries. The contest between the parties centers on the degree to which her injuries will limit her ability to work and to perform household tasks in the future.The Facts...

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Latek v. Krol

             In this case the plaintiff, Mathew Latek, seeks damages for injuries he suffered in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on May 20, 2011. The defendant, Meiczyslaw Krol, admits he is liable for the full extent of Mr. Latek’s injuries. The dispute between the parties is over the amount of damages that Mr. Latek is entitled to recover.Credibility...

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Peters v. Ortner

             The plaintiff, Laverne Peters, claims damages for injuries arising out of a motor vehicle accident (the “MVA”). He seeks compensation for non-pecuniary loss, loss due to impaired past and future earning capacity, future care costs, and special damages, as well as costs. At the time of the MVA Mr. Peters was 53 years of age and living in Abbotsford, British Columbia....

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Dhillon v. Jaffer

             In my reasons for judgment (2013 BCSC 1595), I awarded Mr. Dhillon damages for loss of opportunity of $5,000 and general damages of $40,000. I did not award court order interest on either amount. Mr. Jaffe, counsel for Mr. Dhillon, submits that I should have ordered interest on both, as they are both pecuniary judgments. Mr. Macdonald, counsel for Mr. Jaffer, takes the opposite view, submitting that I should not include court order interest on those two portions of my judgment....

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Clark v. McKinney

              The plaintiff in this trial seeks the repayment of a $30,000 loan that he made to the defendant, his sister....

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