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.




McArthur v. Hudson

             On June 9, 2008, the plaintiff was driving home from a physiotherapy session at the Back in Motion program in Burnaby, when he was struck on the driver’s side of his vehicle by the defendant, who had failed to stop at a stop sign (the “Accident”). The force of the impact was sufficient to spin the plaintiff’s pick-up truck 180 degrees and render it uneconomical to repair....

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Mawani v. Pitcairn

             This is a summary trial.  The plaintiff’s claim arises out of a pedestrian/motor vehicle accident.  Mansurali Mawani was struck by a vehicle driven by the defendant Peter Pitcairn.  The claim against British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority has been discontinued....

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Demarinis v. Skowronek

           These reasons arise out of an application brought by the plaintiff, Ms. Demarinis, under Rule 9-7(2). This action arises out of a motor vehicle accident involving the parties which occurred at a four-way stop on January 29, 2009 (the “Accident”)....

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Anderson v. Shepherd

             The plaintiff, Chad Anderson, was injured in a motor vehicle accident on January 6, 2009, in Williams Lake, British Columbia....

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Tsang v. Borg

             The plaintiff claims damages for injury and loss sustained in a motor vehicle collision that occurred on December 22, 2008, on East Broadway Street near Renfrew in the city of Vancouver. The plaintiff’s vehicle was struck from behind. Liability is admitted. The trial proceeded on the issue of damages only....

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Morgan v. Scott

           The plaintiff, Mr. Morgan, seeks damages arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on August 29, 2009 (“the Accident”). The trial occupied two and one-half days. The plaintiff called three witnesses. Liability was admitted, though the defendant, Mr. Scott, gave brief evidence describing the circumstances of the Accident.Overview...

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Frech v. Langley

           The plaintiff was injured in two motor vehicle accidents in 2007 that are the subjects of this lawsuit....

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Lau v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

           On December 28, 2009, the plaintiff Victa Lau, aged 22, was driving a 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STI that he and his father, the plaintiff Yu Jung Lau, had purchased just over two months before, at a cost of $41,287.21.  There was an accident.  The Subaru Victa Lau was driving collided with another vehicle.  Victa Lau was determined by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (“ICBC”), the defendant in these proceedings, to be solely at fault for the accident, which resulted in the total loss of the Subaru, and claims against the plaintiffs by the occupants of the other vehicle.  The claims remain unresolved....

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Small v. Upshaw

           The plaintiff in this matter was injured in three motor vehicle accidents. He was 17 years old at the first accident, 19 at the second, and 20 at the third. He sustained soft tissue injuries in all three collisions. The defendants have admitted liability for the collisions. They do not require that damages be allocated in accord with the harm done by each accident....

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Dazham v. Nachar

             THE COURT:  This is an application in the first instance to sever liability issues from damages or quantum, or alternatively to adjourn a four-day trial, all set for the 4th of September, less than a month hence....

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Peragine v. Serena

           This action arises out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on Friday, March 13, 2009 at the intersection of Willingdon Avenue and Pender Street in Burnaby B.C....

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