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.




Polianskaia v. Melanson

             The plaintiff applicant seeks an order that:1-1.      The Victoria Police Department, (hereafter referred to as the "Police") shall, within 7 days of an Order made in these proceedings being served upon the Police, provide to the Plaintiff by delivery to the Plaintiff’s lawyer at 103 - 832 Fisgard Street, Victoria, B.C. V8W 1S1 one copy of all records including copies of Informations or Indictments, Violation Tickets, Offence Notices, Traffic Tickets, investigative reports and notes, reports to Crown Counsel, statements, tape recordings, video recordings, copies of Officers’ notes and photographs in the form in which they were originally made (that is if originally made in digital form, then to be produced in digital form and if originally made as film, then to be produced as film) pertaining to investigations made by the Police in respect of investigations concerning the motor vehicle crash that occurred on May 11. 2011 at the intersection of Hillside Avenue and Bridge Street, Victoria. BC, and more particularly, police file 2011-16399; and1-2.      The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia produce one copy of any and all statements. written or oral, given by the Plaintiff or by Elvira Polianskaia or Vladimir Polianski to any adjuster in connection with the motor vehicle crash that occurred on May 11. 2011 at the intersection of Hillside Avenue and Bridge Street. Victoria, BC;1-3.      THAT at such time as the Police and the parties' lawyers agree on, the Police shall produce the originals of all documents covered by this Order in their possession, custody, or control, for inspection by those lawyers and on written request by any party or their lawyer for records shall provide one copy of any such record to the requesting lawyer for which a copy has not already been provided;1-4.      THAT within 14 days after the Plaintiff’s lawyer receives the copies of the records ordered produced herein he shall provide a copy of all such documents to the Defendant or Defendant's lawyer;1-5.      THAT after production the...

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Burgess v. Buell Distribution Corporation

             This is a personal injury proceeding in which the defendant numbered company applies under Rule 7-1 for production of Worksafe BC (“WBC”) records for Mr. Burgess for the period January 1, 2000 to August 18, 2005.  The application is opposed by Mr. Burgess.BACKGROUND...

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Kumant v. Pommier

             Rolf Reiner Kumant (“Mr. Kumant”) was injured in a motor vehicle accident. Liability is admitted. This is an assessment of his damages.I.        BACKGROUND...

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De Corde v. De Corde

             On October 26, 2011, I dismissed the defendant’s application for an order that the plaintiff attend an independent medical examination with Dr. Kevin Solomons. The appointment with Dr. Solomons was scheduled to take place in Vancouver the day after the application was brought. The application was brought on short notice to the plaintiff....

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Burgess v. Buell Distribution Corporation

             THE COURT:  This is an application for the following relief:1.         The Defendant HARLEY- DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY GROUP, LLC ("HDMC"), through its representative Lance Onan, will submit to an examination for discovery at the offices of Coast Reporting 1101 - 808 Nelson Street, Vancouver, B.C. at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 or such other time and date as may be convenient for Mr. Onan and counsel for the Plaintiff to2.         a.         answer the questions attached as Schedule “A” and to answer any questions arising from those questions, andb.         to continue the examination for discovery which was adjourned on November 15, 2011.3.         The length of the examination which is the subject of this order must not exceed 7 hours in duration, excluding the length of the examination Mr. Onan which took place on November 15, 2011, or any period to which the Defendant HDMC consents, subject to any further court order.4.         The costs of and incidental to the attendance of Mr. Onan at the examination for discovery which is the subject of this order, and the costs of and incidental to this motion, are payable by the Defendant HDMC to the Plaintiff in any event of the cause....

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Paskalidis v. Caprice Hospitality Inc.

             The plaintiff seeks damages from the defendants for battery in an incident at the Caprice Nightclub on Granville Street, Vancouver, on August 27, 2006. Both liability and damages are in issue....

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Pearlman v. Phelps Leasing Ltd.

             The plaintiff, Mr. Pearlman, is a 77-year-old retired lawyer who represented himself on this claim for injuries allegedly suffered by him in a motor vehicle accident on February 9, 2007 (the “2007 Accident”). The defendants admit liability, but submit that the collision was minor in nature, and any injuries of which the plaintiff complains pre-existed the 2007 Accident....

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Tran v. Kim Le Holdings Ltd.

             On September 9, 2003, Ms. Tran went to shop in a store called Secret Nail and Beauty Supply. She wanted to buy some supplies, including some acetone, for a manicure and pedicure business she ran. Ms. Tran picked up a gallon plastic jug of acetone and placed it on the counter so that she could pay for it. Somehow the jug fell from the counter. Its contents leaked on the floor. Ms. Tran slipped and fell on the acetone. She injured her lower back. At first it did not seem to be serious. But she did not recover from her injury and some months later had surgery to relieve pressure on a nerve that was causing pain to radiate down her leg. The surgery was, at best, only partially successful. Ms. Tran continues to have back problems that limit her ability to work....

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Mazur v. Lucas

             This is a dispute over costs of a jury trial with a complicated history....

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Anderson v. Kozniuk

             Mr. Anderson’s claim arises out of a pedestrian-motor vehicle accident which occurred on January 9, 2008. The trial before me dealt with a determination of liability only. If necessary, the damages phase will continue in February....

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Power v. Carswell

             Ms. Power was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Kamloops, B.C., on November 8, 2006 (“Accident”). The Accident occurred in the intersection of Lansdowne St. and 3rd Avenue, which is controlled by traffic signals. Ms. Power was driving a Pontiac Sunfire westbound on Lansdowne when she struck the Jeep which Mr. Carswell was driving northbound on 3rd Avenue, turning left onto Lansdowne. Both liability for the accident and the quantum of damages were in issue. Ms. Power’s claims proceeded to a 6-day trial....

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Atker v. Nair

             THE COURT:  The plaintiff, Amandeep Atker, was driving her 2001 Mazda Protégé through the parking lot of a shopping mall in Surrey, B.C., on February 25, 2008, when she was struck by a 1999 Plymouth Minivan driven by the defendant....

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