Negligence

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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Peace Arch News: Charges dropped against officer who shot and killed Hudson Brooks in South Surrey

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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