In Their Name Releases New Online Video
The BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society is pleased to announce the creation of an online commercial featuring the issue and need for legislative reform of our wrongful death laws.
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CBC News: Faulty party bus door passed inspection twice before tragic death, coroner finds
Chelsea Lynn Mist James was 23 when she died after falling out of a party bus in Vancouver in 2016. She was the victim of a pneumatic door with a history of malfunctions and a system that allowed it to pass inspection.
She was a young woman who had an income, but did not have dependants, and sadly had no worth under BC’s inadequate wrongful death laws. Our laws only value people based on their future lost income if they also had dependents. Unlike all the other Canadian provinces and the Yukon, there are currently no bereavement damages available for families under BC law.
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National Day of Remembrance of Road Crash Victims
Join us on Wednesday November 20, 2019 to help commemorate the National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims.
RoadPeace, the instigators of this day of remembrance, had a lofty goal: “A day of respect by and towards all road users; a day on which exceptional care is taken by motorists; a day of courtesy at the wheel and a day when all road laws are respected so that a world day without any crashes resulting in injury or death will become a reality.”
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Attorney General Minister Eby Introduces the BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society to the Legislature
Attorney General Minister Eby Introduces the BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society to the Legislature on October 23, 2019
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100 Mile Free Press: B.C. parents sue city and province in 12-year-old daughter’s drowning at lake
The parents of a 12-year-old girl who died after her leg was sucked into a drainage pipe at a man-made lake in northeastern B.C. are hoping their lawsuit against the city and others will lead to legislative changes.
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