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.




Byer v. Mills

             At about 10:42 p.m. on the evening of September 10, 2001, a collision occurred between two vehicles at the intersection of Pinnacles Road and the Nazko Highway some 10-12 kms northwest of Quesnel. The Nazko Highway is the through road with the right-of-way over traffic joining it from Pinnacles Road. There is a stop sign at the intersection on Pinnacles Road. The Nazko Highway runs broadly east to west. Pinnacles Road joins it from the south....

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Litt v. Grewal

             This application deals with whether or not the trial in this action will be heard by a judge with a jury or without a jury....

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Nikolic v. Olson

             The application before me arises from a personal injury claim. The applicants, Josiah Olson and Joel Olson [collectively, “the Olsons” or “the defendants”] seek an order requiring the respondent, Thomas Nikolic [“Mr. Nikolic” or “the plaintiff”], to provide signed authorizations allowing them to obtain from certain third parties records relating to the plaintiff.II.       FACTS...

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Tang v. Rodgers

             This claim arises from a motor vehicle accident which occurred on August 16, 2006 near the intersection of 33rd Avenue and Commercial Drive in Vancouver....

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Edmondson v. Payer

             The plaintiff sustained soft tissue injuries in a motor vehicle accident on November 9, 2005.  Five years later, the plaintiff says she still has frequent neck pain and stiffness, as well as headaches, although she has remained physically active and has experienced no significant loss of income.  The defendant responds to this relatively small claim for damages with a full-scale attack on the credibility of the plaintiff and the medical experts called on her behalf....

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Cochrane v. Heir

             This is an application to adjourn the trial currently set to be heard with a jury commencing April 11, 2011 for 20 days....

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Sahota v. Sandulo

             This is an application by the defendant for an order for costs following the defendant’s acceptance of the plaintiff’s offer to settle....

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Lort v. Kwan

             The plaintiff seeks damages arising from personal injuries suffered in an accident that occurred on July 2, 2008 on West Broadway between Ash Street and Cambie Street in Vancouver....

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Roumanis v. Liebenberg

             This is an appeal from an order of a Master dismissing the plaintiff's claim in three actions.  The dismissal was based on the plaintiff's failure to attend for continuation of an independent medical examination that had previously been ordered and, more generally, on want of prosecution pursuant to Rule 22‑7(7).  These three actions alleged injury due to negligent dental treatment at various dates between 2002 and 2004.  The first action was commenced in November 2004, and the others in December 2005 and October 2006....

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Freeway Properties Inc. v. Genco Resources Ltd.

           These reasons deal with the issue of whether a reference to an amount of money the company stated it owed a director, without naming the director, constitutes a confirmation of the debt pursuant to s. 5 of the Limitation Act, RSBC 1996, C-266 [the Act]....

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McIlvenna v. Viebig

             On January 12, 2011, I heard the plaintiff’s application to re-open a trial.  The five day liability trial started on August 30, 2010, and completed on September 3, 2010.  Judgment has been reserved. ...

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