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“The car came, hit my daughter and the pole at the same time … She had a massive wound on her leg — open — flesh, flat, broken bones, everything. I just grabbed her and started screaming her name.” One surgery later, she been discharged from the hospital in casts and pins. The hope is that because she’s young, she will fully recover.Kitsilano residents call on city to add safety features to dangerous intersection after girl injured
“We were told that this system was going to be quicker, cheaper and easier, and stories like this really help illustrate that it’s been anything but,” Phillips explained. Phillips, however, has criticized the policy for removing a victim’s right to hire a lawyer and sue for pain and suffering caused by an accident.
“They made this PDF for only one person in B.C., it’s not for a family of five who has suffered from a massive accident on the side of the road,” he said. “This is my reality and we’re alone in this … All my daughter’s screams, all my trauma, all my son’s trauma, has no value on compensation.”ICBC no-fault insurance criticized after B.C.