CBC News: Leading B.C. surgeon denies negligence, arrogance led to operating room death
One of B.C.’s top thoracic surgeons is denying allegations he was “negligent” and “high-handed and arrogant” in the death of a patient in 2017.
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CTV News: Tests that may have saved patients’ lives not given at Delta Hospital: parents
A group of mourning parents are sharing their stories about treatment at a Metro Vancouver hospital, saying they hope their warnings will prevent it from happening again.
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Bereavement Damages – A New Form of Compensation Under German Law
This is an excerpt from an article titled Bereavement Damages – A New Form of Compensation Under German Law.
Germany was forced to rush to pass legislation on the back of the tragedy of the crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525 on 24 March 2015, where a class of students returning from a language exchange were all killed. Their families, and the German public then discovered that much like in British Columbia, under their current wrongful death laws that these children’s lives had no value.
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Langley Advance Times: Charges laid in 2016 Mission crash that killed Langley teenager
Two years after a crash on a logging road near Mission claimed the life of Langley teenager Lidia Ramos, charges have been laid against the vehicle’s driver.
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CTV News: Driver pays $230 fine nearly 2 years after party bus death
The driver behind the wheel of a party bus when a woman fell through a faulty door, was run over and killed in downtown Vancouver has finally paid a $230 fine, almost two years after it happened.
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