To all the Fathers out there who have lost a child to wrongful death, and to all the children out there who have lost a Father to wrongful death, or anyone for that matter, who has lost a loved one, our thoughts are with you today.
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Our ‘Coles Notes’ on the 2017 report by University of Ottawa Economics Professor Rose Anne Devlin ‘Comparing Insurance Across Canada’, which provides a detailed analysis of auto insurances regimes in our country.
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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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A B.C. coroner’s report on the 2016 death of a young woman who fell out the door of a moving party bus recommends the creation of a tracking system to ensure commercial vehicles comply with safety inspection orders.
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Charges against the officer who shot and killed South Surrey’s Hudson Brooks four years ago have been dropped.
The B.C. Prosecution Service announced Wednesday that a stay of proceedings against Const. Elizabeth Cucheran has been entered on charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
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