The tragic accident last week on the highway between Whistler and Pemberton, in which two men in the prime of their lives were struck and killed by a vehicle, will no doubt reveal yet another example of why B.C.’s wrongful death laws are in much need of reform.
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Most instances of the Canadian health-care system hurting rather than healing patients are not even reported by staff internally, a Post investigation has found.
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The family of a 28-year-old Mexican woman killed while tandem hang-gliding is suing the instructor who was given five months in jail for causing her death, as well as the sport’s governing associations.
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Lawyers are calling on B.C. to reform its wrongful death laws in the wake of a new $50,000 fund established for each child of missing and murdered women, including Robert Pickton’s victims.
While several family members decried the Tuesday announcement as “pennies,” undervaluing their lost loved ones, the figure is the maximum available under the current Family Compensation Act.
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As the result of an archaic law imported from Britain, [Catherine] Adamson and other B.C. families are left with little legal recourse in the face of a loved one’s wrongful death.
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