A different kind of Remembrance Day for dead and injured, and the multitude of others impacted, is almost upon us.
The deaths and injuries can be brutal, and more Canadian lives have been taken than in both world wars combined.
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The father of a girl killed in a motor vehicle crash in Kelowna last year will make the trek from Japan for the annual National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims in Canada.
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One of B.C.’s top thoracic surgeons is denying allegations he was “negligent” and “high-handed and arrogant” in the death of a patient in 2017.
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A group of mourning parents are sharing their stories about treatment at a Metro Vancouver hospital, saying they hope their warnings will prevent it from happening again.
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This is an excerpt from an article titled Bereavement Damages – A New Form of Compensation Under German Law.
Germany was forced to rush to pass legislation on the back of the tragedy of the crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525 on 24 March 2015, where a class of students returning from a language exchange were all killed. Their families, and the German public then discovered that much like in British Columbia, under their current wrongful death laws that these children’s lives had no value.
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