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.




Dial v. Grewal

           On October 3, 2006, the plaintiff, Narinder Kaur Dial, was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Surrey, British Columbia. The defendants admit liability....

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Fong v. Deglan

           On May 6, 2010 I heard an application by the plaintiff, Irene Fong, to amend her statement of claim to add a claim pursuant to s. 2(1) of the Health Care Costs Recovery Act to recover the costs of government services provided to her.  The application was heard at the same time as an application for the same relief brought by Ms. April Gosselin in New Westminster Registry No. S104306....

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Gosselin v. Shepherd

           On May 6, 2010 I heard two applicants raising the same issue.  In these reasons I will deal with the application in New Westminster Registry No. S104306 in which the plaintiff, April Gosselin, applies for an order to amend her statement of claim to add a claim pursuant to s. 2 of the Health Care Costs Recovery Act, R.S.B.C., 2008 Ch. 27 (the “Act”) to recover the cost of health care services provided to her by the government of British Columbia.  In Vancouver Registry No. S070700 the plaintiff, Irene Fong, made application for substantially the same amendment.  I will deal with that application in separate reasons....

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Evans v. Metcalfe

           This application follows a trial on the assessment of damages suffered in a motor vehicle accident by the plaintiff, Tania Nicole Evans (Ms. Evans), due to the negligence of the defendant, Benjamin Eastwood Metcalfe (Mr. Metcalfe).  Liability was admitted by the defendant and the trial on the assessment of damages was heard by myself sitting with a jury....

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Berry v. LaBelle

           Mr. Berry was injured in a motor vehicle accident caused by the negligence of the defendant, Ms. LaBelle.   Following a trial heard on May 12 to 15, 2009, I issued Reasons for Judgment on February 26, 2010.  I awarded the sum of $30,000 in damages to Mr. Berry.  In the final paragraph of the February 26, 2010 Reasons I indicated that if there were factors relevant to the issue of costs that had not been brought to my attention, counsel were at liberty to make submissions about costs.  I specified that submissions should be delivered on or before March 26, 2010....

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Mendoza-Flores v. Haigh

           The plaintiff, Karen Mendoza-Flores, was injured in two separate motor vehicle accidents, both of which occurred on Departure Bay Road in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The first accident, involving the first defendant, Patricia Haigh, occurred on September 24, 2007. The second accident, involving the second defendant, Timothy Harmeson, occurred on May 7, 2008....

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Lee v. MacLean

           The plaintiff, Mr, Shun Lee, was involved in two motor vehicle accidents in 2003.  The first occurred on 14 August (“Accident #1”) and the second on 12 October (“Accident #2”).  I will refer to the two accidents combined as the “2003 Accidents”....

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Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Husseinian

             THE COURT:  This is an application by the plaintiff Insurance Corporation of British Columbia for the assessment of damages against Dawood Shahin Husseinian and Ahmad Ahmadi for insurance fraud.  The defendants have not appeared to the action and a default judgment has been registered against them.  As a result of the default judgment, the defendants are deemed to have admitted all of the allegations.  See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Husseinian, 2008 BCSC 241....

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Beer v. Nickerson

             The plaintiff applies for an order that certain items listed in Part III of the defendant Nickerson’s list of documents be produced for inspection. Ms. Nickerson claims privilege over the documents on the basis that each item was created for the dominant purpose of litigation at a time when litigation was a reasonable possibility.Background...

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Poulton v. Inderbosch

             In this action the plaintiff Angela Victoria Poulton sues for damages for injuries which she suffered in a motor vehicle accident on January 27, 2006.  The defendant Brent Morris Inderbosch has admitted that he is solely responsible for the accident....

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Shannahan v. Johnson

             The plaintiff, James Grant Shannahan (“Mr. Shannahan”), brings this action against four physicians for medical negligence and defamation.  Mr. Shannahan is impecunious and at trial was self-represented.  He is an intelligent man, an autodidact, with obvious abilities. ...

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Pham-Fraser v. Smith

             On March 15, 2010 I issued reasons awarding the plaintiff $412,198.53 for damages arising from personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident which occurred January 16, 2006....

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