October 4, 2024 British Columbia, Car Crashes, Children, In Their Name News, Law Reform, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Death in the Media
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 and a group that wants to change B.C. laws is hoping high profile cases will help change the law.
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May 9, 2023 British Columbia, Children, Elder Abuse, Get Involved, In Their Name News, Law Reform, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Public Response, Senior Care, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Death in the Media
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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February 20, 2023 British Columbia, Get Involved, In Their Name News, Law Reform, Public Response, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Death in the Media
You are cordially invited to attend the 2nd Annual Mothers for Justice Memorial Walk on May 13th, 2023, 1PM PST at McBride Park, 3350 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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August 25, 2022 Car Crashes, ICBC, Law Reform, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Death in the Media
Relatives of two people killed in a crash on the Surrey-Langley border are stunned by how ICBC is handling their case.
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October 1, 2021 British Columbia, Get Involved, In Their Name News, Law Reform, Public Response, Wrongful Death
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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