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.




Simmons v. Yeager Properties Inc.

             On December 6, 2010, the plaintiff, Theresa Simmons, tripped and fell in front of a bakery owned and operated by the defendants and was injured. She brings this action under the Occupiers Liability Act, RSBC 1996, c. 337, and in negligence. She says that the defendants created a hazard by constructing a patio adjacent to the front entrance of the bakery with a two to four inch drop that was not properly marked and thus failed to take reasonable precautions to protect her against the risk of harm....

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Vukelich v. Vliegenthart

             At approximately 6:15 p.m. on May 15, 2010, Christine Vliegenthart was driving westbound on Highway 10 (also called 56th Avenue) in Surrey. It was a sunny day, the visibility was good and the roads were dry. She had four of her children, Shaeanna, Maxen, Jaden and Milan (the “Infant Plaintiffs”) in her 2009 Infiniti QX 56 Sport Utility Vehicle (the “SUV”). She entered the left turn lane at the intersection of Highway 10 and 192nd Street in order to turn south. After the car in front of the SUV completed a left turn, Ms. Vliegenthart noticed that the light had turned yellow. She proceeded to make her left turn without noticing the approaching 2007 Dodge Ram 150 pick-up truck (the “Truck”)....

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Thorne v. Lind

             Valerie Thorne was injured when Isabelle Lind drove into the car Ms. Thorne was driving, in Kelowna, B.C. on September 6, 2006. ...

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Scott v. Brown

             These actions, ordered to be tried together, concern liability for damages arising out of the collision in 2003 between a sled, ridden by two young girls, and a pick-up truck driven by the defendant.  The defendant, who was 69 years old at the time of the accident and whose health was not good, was deposed in 2005 prior to the trial and is now deceased.  The girls were nine and ten years old at the time of the accident and suffered various injuries.  Both testified at trial.  The girls’ mothers were joined as third parties but the action was discontinued against them prior to trial....

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Rahim v. Al Jundi

             The plaintiff, Afzal Rahim, brings a claim for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident which occurred on October 27, 2009....

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Gillespie v. Pompeo

             This is an appeal under Rule 23-6(8) from an order of Master Bouck dismissing the defendant’s application for an adjournment of the civil trial of this claim, which is scheduled to start on June 3, 2013, for five weeks before a judge of this court sitting without a jury....

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Embleton v. Innes

             The plaintiff was injured in a car accident. The central issue in her claim for damages is whether there is a substantial possibility that her injuries will permanently impair her function.The Facts...

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White v. Craigon

             The plaintiff seeks damages for personal injuries suffered by her in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on December 4, 2009, on a bright sunny day in Courtenay, British Columbia....

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Wickham v. Cineplex Inc.

             This is an application by the defendant under Rule 9-7 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009 for summary dismissal of the plaintiff’s claim.  The plaintiff seeks judgment on the issue of liability under the Occupiers Liability Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 337 (“OLA”), or the common law of negligence....

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Boutin v. MacPherson

             The trial of this personal injury action was heard January 3 to 5, 2012.  On December 4, 2012, I issued Reasons for Judgment awarding Mr. Boutin non-pecuniary damages of $25,000; damages for past wage loss of $3,038 (before adjustment to take into account income tax payable); and special damages of $3,000.  After the adjustment for income tax, defendants’ counsel calculated the total of the awards to come to $29,801.53.  In the final paragraph of my Reasons, I gave the parties leave to file written submissions on the issue of costs, such submissions to be filed no later than January 31, 2013....

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Jurisevic v. Rideout

             The plaintiff, who represents himself, has been in 12 road accidents between 1996 and 2012. In the first three of these accidents he was driving a car. In the following nine accidents he was riding a bicycle. He has brought three separate actions involving three of the nine cycling accidents. These three actions were heard by me at the same time....

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Tomashewsky v. Linnebank

             Mr. Tomashewsky was involved in a motor vehicle accident on October 22, 2009 in the City of New Westminster. At the time he was operating his motor vehicle on 12th Avenue proceeding to the intersection of Columbia Street where he came to a stop at a red light. While stopped there he was rear-ended by a Cadillac Escalade SUV driven by the defendant Richard Linnebank....

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