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.




Dutchak v. Fowler

             The plaintiff Amanda Lynn Dutchak sues for damages for injuries she suffered in a motor vehicle accident.  The defendants admit they are fully responsible for the accident....

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Gorse v. Straker

             Generally at issue in a contested liability motor vehicle accident claim are cross-applications under R. 26(11) of the Rules of Court to compel non-parties to produce documents in their possession or control. Entitlement to an order is at issue in some cases but more particularly at issue is whether the various orders should be in “Halliday” or “Jones” format....

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Wilkinson v. I.C.B.C.

             Mr. Wilkinson is self represented.  He filed a statement of claim on January 7, 2010 seeking damages from the defendants.  He claims his friend Mr. Martin ran over his foot with his automobile when they were leaving a drinking establishment. ...

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Harris v. Zabaras

             The plaintiff, Neale Harris, was injured in a motor vehicle accident on January 28, 2006 in Surrey. His pick-up truck was struck from behind by another pick-up truck driven by the defendant, Efthimios Zabaras, while the plaintiff was stopped at a red light. The plaintiff suffered ongoing neck and arm pain and headaches as a result....

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Forde v. Inland Health Authority

             The Plaintiff, Leonora Forde, is a quadriparetic which means that she has partial paralysis in both of her arms and legs.  The degree of this paralysis is such that although she can stand with support and walk short distances with a walker, she is wheelchair dependent.  Furthermore, she suffers from frank incontinence – that is, she has lost control of her bladder function.  These injuries are permanent....

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Smusz v. Wolfe Chevrolet Ltd.

             The plaintiff, Jolanta Smusz, was involved in a motor vehicle accident on October 8, 2006 between Bridge River and Kamloops, BC on Highway 24. ...

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Mavi v. Booth

             THE COURT:    The plaintiff, Ravinder Mavi, seeks recovery of damages against the defendant, Jacob Stephen Booth, arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on June 26, 2006 in Langley, British Columbia. ...

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Narvaez v. Zhang

             The plaintiff, Glenda Narvaez is applying pursuant to Rule 57(33) of the Rules of Court for a review of the assessment of the bill of costs and disbursements, certified by Registrar Blok on July 15, 2009 with respect to the following disbursements:(a)      the reduction and disallowance of Dr. Cohen’s accounts by $130.00 and $1,890.00;(b)      the reduction of Dr. Doherty’s accounts by $17,757.01;(c)      the disallowance of Dr. Sass’s account of $2,500.00;(d)      the reduction of the MRI account by $2,313.57;(e)      the reduction of Columbia Speech and Language’s account, and Richard Green’s account, by $1,636.60;(f)       the reduction of Karen Aznavoorian’s accounts by USD $4,914.14; and(g)      the reduction of Dean Powers’ and Harbourview Rehabilitation’s account by $4,364.25....

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Poirier v. Aubrey

             The plaintiff claims damages for negligence arising out of a motor vehicle collision which occurred on September 5, 2006 on Highway #1 near the 176 Street exit and approaching the Port Mann Bridge in the City of Surrey.  The plaintiff’s vehicle was struck from the rear.  The defendant admits liability....

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Smaill v. Williams

             The present action arises out of two motor vehicle accidents.  The first accident occurred July 25, 2000, when the plaintiff was struck from behind as a pedestrian, while walking down the street near his home and the second accident occurred September 18, 2000, when the plaintiff was rear ended....

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Perrault v. North Vancouver (District)

             THE COURT:  In the middle of the night on January 19, 2005, the plaintiffs awoke to find that a large portion of their backyard had slid down the hill.  They later learned that the slide had killed one resident of the house below, and seriously injured the other resident.  The plaintiffs had only owned the property at 2175 Berkley Avenue in North Vancouver for about a year, and had no idea of any geotechnical issues regarding it or properties in the area....

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Esau v. Myles

             The plaintiff, Brendan Esau, seeks damages for injuries sustained as a result of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on June 20, 2005 when the vehicle Mr. Esau was driving was struck from behind by the vehicle driven by the defendant, Dustin Myles....

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