$120,000 Award for Police Assault Dismissed in Last Injury Case of 2018
When starting a personal injury lawsuit against the police it is important to consider giving notice to the municipality employing the officers. This $120,000 injury case was dimissed because the claimant failed to give the municipality notice of the claim within two months.(Lapshinoff v. Wray,2018 BCSC 2315). Section 286 of the Local Government Act, currently reiterated as s. 736…