Monday, February 15th, 2010 Adrian Nieoczym Kelowna.Com
Looking to recover less than $3,000 it paid to treat a cyclist who hit a hole in the road, the provincial government has set its lawyers on the City of Kelowna, the Regional District of Central Okanagan and the South East Kelowna Irrigation District. Back in September 2007, Kelowna resident Maureen Barnes was riding along a bicycle lane on McCullough Road near the intersection of East Kelowna and KLO Roads, when she hit an excavation hole in the pavement and was thrown from her bicycle, according to a statement of claim the provincial government filed in small claims court late last month. Barnes suffered head trauma, facial fractures, dental injuries and bruising, the statement says, and the province shelled out $2,750.11 to treat her. And now the B.C. government says the city, the regional district and irrigation district should be held responsible for those costs because they were negligent for not making sure the hole was properly marked.
2 comments:
If the Province of BC wins this case and sets a precedent, will the general public then be able to sue the Province when and if their car's hit a pot hole and sustain damage to their vehicles?
Hmmmmm, I've been wondering about the size of the rocks they use when sanding the Highways. Seems to me they've been getting bigger and bigger over the years. I seem to be going through more windshields.
Probably why the government is demanding snow tires now. They want to reduce their maintenance costs even further by doing less.
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