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.




Lissner v. Lissner

             The Plaintiff, Ms. Lissner, applies to vary an order made by Mr. Justice Grist on September 24, 2004 addressing spousal support (the “Order”). By the terms of the Order, spousal support originally ordered in the amount of $1,400 per month was cancelled. In addition to fixing an amount of spousal support, Ms. Lissner seeks an order imputing income to the defendant, Mr. Lissner, and an order for retroactive spousal support. Although the motion originally included an order for production of income tax returns and notices of assessment, counsel abandoned this part of the application at the commencement of the hearing....

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Chen v. Beltran

             The plaintiff, Allan Chen, by his litigation guardian, claims damages for injuries sustained in an accident which occurred February 27, 2006.  The accident occurred when Allan, on a skateboard and against a red light, proceeded into the intersection of 10th Street and Royal Avenue in New Westminster, B.C.  The sole issue to be determined is whether the defendants are partially at fault for the accident.  The plaintiff admits that Allan was at fault for at least a portion of his injuries but says the defendants were also negligent....

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Singleton v. ONeil

             Paul Singleton is claiming damages for injuries he alleges he suffered when he was assaulted by the defendants John O’Neil and Don Mace on July 11, 2007. At the time of the alleged assault, Mr. O’Neil and Mr. Mace were employed as Transit Police by the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, operating as Translink. Mr. Singleton commenced this action on July 31, 2007, and filed a notice requiring trial by jury. The trial is set for five days commencing August 16, 2010. The defendants are applying for an order that this matter be determined under Rule 68 of the Rules of Court before a judge alone....

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Lakhani v. Elliott

           The plaintiff, Ms. Lakhani, advanced a claim for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Following the release of my Reasons for Judgment, which can be found at 2009 BCSC 1058, the parties returned before me to address two specific issues relating to an award of costs:i)          did the plaintiff’s failure to be forthright in the evidence she gave at trial disentitle her to the award of double costs which she might otherwise receive under Rule 37B?; andii)         given Rule 57(7), is the plaintiff entitled to recover the costs and disbursements related to several specific witnesses?Background...

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Hamilton v. Pavlova

             THE COURT:  This is an application by the defendants for an order that the plaintiff attend for an independent psychiatric examination by Dr. Roy O'Shaughnessy.  The examination is currently scheduled for March 8, 2010, in Vancouver, and it is not likely that another appointment could be made with Dr. O'Shaughnessy between now and the time of trial....

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Sharma v. Didiuk

             This is an assessment of damages caused to the plaintiff by her injuries from a motor vehicle accident on April 8, 2004 in the Municipality of Delta, Province of British Columbia....

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Warkentin v. Riggs

             This matter arises from a motor vehicle accident which occurred on March 14, 2005. In her Statement of Claim, the plaintiff alleges injury to her neck, and right shoulder; she also alleges “other injuries, full particulars at trial”. Liability was admitted in the Statement of Defence. A first trial was set for January 2009 but was adjourned when the plaintiff’s first counsel was appointed to the British Columbia Supreme Court bench. A new seven day trial was set to proceed on May 3, 2010. Counsel for the defendant now seeks to adjourn that new trial date, alleging that the plaintiff’s claim has materially changed from that which was pled....

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Dodsworth v. Krenus

             This is a personal injury action arising from an accident that occurred on September 16, 2005, at about 8:00 a.m., at the intersection of Chesterfield Street and West 22nd Ave., North Vancouver, B.C.  The plaintiff, Mr. Dodsworth, while walking across Chesterfield in the crosswalk at the intersection, was struck by a pickup owned by the defendant, Common Ground Construction Ltd., and driven by the defendant, Mr. Krenus....

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MacIntyre v. Pitt Meadows Secondary School

             Evan MacIntyre is presently 22 years old.  He is the plaintiff in these three actions which were heard at the same time.  Due to the fact that most of the events relevant to the actions occurred while the plaintiff was a minor, I will refer to him by his first name in these reasons.  In doing so, I intend the plaintiff no disrespect....

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OLeary v. Rupert

             The plaintiff, Mrs. O’Leary, and her son rented a basement apartment in the house of the defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert. On January 12, 2007, Mrs. O’Leary slipped and fell in the driveway of the Rupert home. She suffered a second-degree sprain of her ankle. She continues to be impeded in some of the recreational activities that she historically enjoyed....

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Demarzo v. Michaud

             On March 19, 2005, the defendant drove his Pontiac Sunbird into the back of a Jeep Cherokee driven by the plaintiff Deidra Demarzo, who had stopped for a red light at a Vancouver Island Highway intersection. The plaintiff had turned to her right to say something to her passenger, Daniel Saliken. The light turned from red to green just before impact, the force of which propelled the Jeep about a car’s length into the intersection....

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