[Ride]

News is a couple weeks old but I just found now. Wow I can't believe the daughters only settled for $200,000 for the loss of their father in the Ferry sinking in March 2006, on top of that they had high profile lawyer Peter Richie.

http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=5f756cb9-4431-4a12-987b-f597fd29dae4

[maxx]

wow.

in america is would be millions and the ferries would be bankrupt after that suit.

[pandalove]

this would not have happened if that damn new sky train wasn't built

[ImportPsycho]

Two teenage girls whose father died.....


probably thought 200k was HUGE money....

[MG1]

200k is better than more money for lawyers and years of waiting and the possiblity of getting less overall later on.

I wonder if there was any insurance money on top of that.

[murd0c]

money can't buy your happyness or even forgiveness for what happed. The prob thought it was better to get it over with and put it beind them rather then going through courtfor years

[PiuYi]

"A breakdown of the agreement reveals that the girls each received $30,000 for loss of love, guidance and affection"

LOL thats brutal... a father's love is worth a little less than a CSX

[hotjoint]

this would not have happened if that damn new sky train wasn't built

:lol this is your response to everything now isnt it?

[q0192837465]

lol, once again it has proven that human lives r disposable. No need to get all up in arms, it isnt exactly news that lives of normal folks r worth very little compared to rich ppl.

[silk]

this would not have happened if that damn new sky train wasn't built

after reading couple threads and i still LOL on this response ....so random

[q0192837465]

after reading couple threads and i still LOL on this response ....so random

yea, just like Global Warming a while back

[pandalove]

200k is alot of money .. do you have any idea how many times they can ride on that new skytrain for 200k... sheeehh

[shenmecar]

200k is alot of money .. do you have any idea how many times they can ride on that new skytrain for 200k... sheeehh

Assuming they only take 1 zone and are still high school students. ($1.75)

114285 times with $1.25 left for pop for 1 person. :D

[pandalove]

Assuming they only take 1 zone and are still high school students. ($1.75)

114285 times with $1.25 left for pop for 1 person. :D

now imagined they shared that pop :eek:

[thumper]

Their case was scheduled to go to a jury trial earlier this year but their lawyer, Peter Ritchie, held a news conference and said it would be too expensive to get justice and announced that there had been an out-of-court settlement with B.C. Ferries.

Legal costs amounted to $22,976 and disbursements were $15,038.

jeezus... that's over $38k going to bloodsucking lawyers and the joke of a judicial system we have here...:facepalm:

[slammer111]

^ actually that sounds low. Most Personal Injury lawyers START at 30% commission. And actually it's a good thing too, because now the lawyer has a vested interest in getting the largest settlement possible for his/her client. Otherwise they wouldn't give a crap.

With that said, I can't believe the lawyer settled for $200k for a DEATH. A serious injury alone can usually result in $100k (before commission) alone.

[Marco911]

lol, once again it has proven that human lives r disposable. No need to get all up in arms, it isnt exactly news that lives of normal folks r worth very little compared to rich ppl.

Why shouldn't the lives of rich ppl be worth more than normal folk?

[rslater]

BC ferries may of played the your father wanted to die. Its been speculated that they may have wanted to go down with the ship, thus the daughters wouldn`t have received anything as it would have been suicide.

[johny]

from what I heard. they were sleeping in their car / camper on the car deck. on the northern ferrys you aren't allowed on the car deck durring sailing. only the upper decks. the crew helped everyone off the main decks. and probably neven even went down to the car deck. the car deck is locked the whole time so people can't go down.

so it was their breaking the ferry rules that got them killed.

[Vansterdam]

wow lawyers made way more

[Rogue951]

Anyone else notice BCFerries website got owned by a search engine? lol

[ImportPsycho]

from what I heard. they were sleeping in their car / camper on the car deck. on the northern ferrys you aren't allowed on the car deck durring sailing. only the upper decks. the crew helped everyone off the main decks. and probably neven even went down to the car deck. the car deck is locked the whole time so people can't go down.

so it was their breaking the ferry rules that got them killed.

if that true, they should've gotten $000000000 x infinity.00

[thumper]

BC ferries may of played the your father wanted to die. Its been speculated that they may have wanted to go down with the ship, thus the daughters wouldn`t have received anything as it would have been suicide.


i remember something about the parents not declared as being "dead", only "missing" for quite some time, which only delayed whatever compensation (eg. life insurance) that was available to the children :(

[StylinRed]

their lawyer didn't take much at all



but wow settled for $200k? jesus... they probably didnt want to go through with the case anymore and just settled on anything

[dizzystar]

wow, 200k is nothing......

parents arent even worth 1/6th of a house in this market anymore.. wait... forgot HST... 1/16th

[MG1]

from what I heard. they were sleeping in their car / camper on the car deck. on the northern ferrys you aren't allowed on the car deck durring sailing. only the upper decks. the crew helped everyone off the main decks. and probably neven even went down to the car deck. the car deck is locked the whole time so people can't go down.

so it was their breaking the ferry rules that got them killed.

Holy carp, that's exactly what I used to do when I was younger and single. Best place to tap girls you meet along the way.

[Basick]

wow, settle for a mil damnit, 200,000? you serious? for the life of your father????