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.




British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association v. Zakharia

             The defendant, Mr. Zakharia, is a personal trainer. Using the internet, Mr. Zakharia, has malevolently attacked the plaintiffs, British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association (“BCRPA”) and Mrs. Strutt, defaming each of them by accusing them of extorting money from him, bullying him, and otherwise victimizing him. None of the attacks had a skerrick of truth....

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Hall-Smith v. Yamelst

             The plaintiff was a passenger in a taxi when it was involved in a motor vehicle accident on February 25, 2009. Liability has been admitted. The plaintiff claims non-pecuniary damages, past wage loss, loss of housekeeping capacity, loss of future earning capacity, costs of future care, and special damages.Facts(a) Circumstances of the accident...

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Ekman v. Cook

             THE COURT:  This personal injury claim proceeded to trial on October 15 to October 17, 2013 inclusive on the issue of liability only.  I issued my reasons for judgment on November 7, 2013 (2013 BCSC 2027).  I found that the plaintiff was 75 percent liable and the defendants 25 percent liable for the plaintiff’s injuries....

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Venkataya v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

            This is an action for recovery of the value of the plaintiff’s 2006 Nissan Armada SUV. The vehicle was a total loss as a result of a single-vehicle accident that occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. on October 12, 2008 on Scott Road (120 Street) at 88 Avenue on the Surrey-Delta border (the “Accident”)....

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Trombley v. Pannu

             THE COURT:  In this summary trial, the defendants seek dismissal of this slip and fall action, because it was started outside the applicable two-year limitation period provided by the Limitations Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 266 (repealed).  The plaintiff relies on a letter from the defendants' insurance adjuster as a confirmation of the cause of action under s. 5 of the Act....

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Klein v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

             The plaintiff, Heidi-Anne Klein, was injured in a motor vehicle accident, which occurred on March 30, 2012. She sued to recover damages for personal injuries in a tort action, New Westminster Registry No. 157453 (the “Tort Action”). The Tort Action has been set for trial in 2016. Liability in the Tort Action is admitted....

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Crevier v. Thompson

             The plaintiff seeks damages for injuries she received in a motor vehicle collision that occurred near Sooke, British Columbia, on the afternoon April 14, 2011.  Liability is not admitted....

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Stoneson v. Testa Estate

             The plaintiff Susan Stoneson seeks damages for injuries in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on July 13, 2010. Liability is admitted and the major issue is the extent, if any, to which the plaintiff’s earning capacity has been impaired.The Plaintiff...

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Nixon v. Pickton

             Following a trial with a jury, in June of this year, both parties now seek costs....

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Kostinuk v. Fellowes

             Brett Kostinuk was injured in a motor vehicle accident on October 7, 2010.  He seeks damages for non-pecuniary loss, past income loss, loss of future earning capacity, cost of future care, and special damages.  Liability for the motor vehicle accident is admitted.Background Facts(i) The Accident...

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Varma v. Rocky Mountaineer Vacations Ltd.

             The plaintiff Karen Varma claims damages for injuries suffered in a fall aboard the defendant’s “Rocky Mountaineer” passenger train. The defendant applies for dismissal of the plaintiff’s claim on summary trial....

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Park v. Targonski

             By reasons for judgment dated April 13, 2015 (indexed at 2015 BCSC 555) I awarded the plaintiff damages for soft tissue injuries to her neck, back and shoulders sustained in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on July 10, 2009....

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