Wrongful Death

Global News: Wrongful death laws in British Columbia need an overhaul according to critics

As seen on Global News by Aaron McArthur, 10th August 2021.   The parents of toddler Ocean have learned that their daughter’s life is worth less than a car. Each parent gets $14,918 for the death of child from ICBC. They cannot sue the insurer in this province. But other provinces have the different rules […]

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Press Release: 2nd Annual Mothers for Justice Memorial Walk on May 13, 2023

Our upcoming 2ND ANNUAL MOTHERS FOR JUSTICE MEMORIAL WALK will be held on Saturday, May 13th at 1PM.

We will have the surviving families of the wrongfully killed speak and then be led by bagpiper, Rich Nichol, to Premier Eby’s constituency office, where we will place upon his office window the photos of our wrongfully killed loved ones with roses laid beneath them.

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UBCM Passes Motion to Recommend to the Province to Modernize its Wrongful Death Laws

The Union of BC Municipalities has passed a motion to recommend to the province that our wrongful death laws be modernized so as to provide a foundation of “worth” under the law for everyone in the province of BC.

A foundation of “worth” or “value” of human life would allow for access to justice, accountability to wrongdoers, and for us to prevent future wrongful deaths in the first place through financial deterrence.

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