CBC News: Amarpreet Sivia’s family wants wrongful death law changed
A Surrey family just back from scattering their 16-year-old daughter’s ashes in India is seeking changes to B.C.’s wrongful death legislation.
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CBC News: Family of killed cyclist pleads for driver to come forward
The family of the 72-year-old cyclist killed last week in a hit-and-run incident in Burnaby is pleading for the driver to come forward.
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Powell River Peak: Family fights for accountability
Marjorie Herron, 97, had been living in assisted care for six years when she died last year from what her daughter alleges was a preventable fall.
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The Province: Families fight wrongful death law
Advocates of changing the law say B.C. is among the last provinces in Canada to allow for the suing of non-pecuniary damages for wrongful deaths.
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The Chilliwack Times: Health workers didn’t pull the plug
Abbotsford mom Judith Jarabek-Gray died because government caregivers let the battery run out on her ventilator – and her family can’t do anything about it.
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