A HERD of cows has driven Maurice Federation to wage a
lonely five-year battle with the. Insurance Corporation of

B.C,

: “Federation launched another
small offensive in that battle Wed-
nesday as he set up his one-man
‘protest picket line“outside ICBC’s
North _ Vancouver, . corporate ‘of-

fices,

: The. 56-year- old ‘Vancouver
“man’s. nightmare began one night
+i. September, 1981.. He was: driv-..
ing. on the. highway just outside

: “Lytion:: He was alone. Suddenly, a

cow and two calves appeared on*

‘the road. In an.attempt to’ avoid
hitting the animals, Federation
swerved and subsequently crashed
his car into a ditch.. .

He lost consciousness., When he

_ came to, his right hand was dangl-

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ing uselessly from tendons.

Though it was reattached, com-
plications and infections. have left
it swollen and useless. Constant
pain has robbed Federation of
sleep and relaxation. Arthritis pills
make him sick. Pain killers are
useless... : :

COMPLICATIONS.

‘He. “has - ritten’ ‘opinion ‘from:
four. doctors ‘saying. he is totally’
disabled’ and unemployable. tet

- Since ‘his 1981 accident, Federa- :
tion has received $100 per week“in-.
benefits from ICBC:-... ‘eo
a éderation, who has. a wife and

But’ they: nebe) have
me from day-oné.””.

- frivolved in the’ accident, Federa-

tion. sued the provincial gov-
ernment, claiming insufficient

warning of roaming cattle had.-
been ‘posted‘on the highway. !

His complaint was’ dismissed din!
March, 1985. :
Federation subsequently went

. back to ICBC and’ has ‘been séek--”
ing a $100,000 lump. sum settle-.
. ment ever since. -

- _ HANDS TIED
But: CBC's chief ‘egal, offi cer.

‘George’ Reid ‘said Wednesday the. ‘
" corporation’ s hands are tied. Fed-":.
eration, he said, was receiving the :

maximum allowable benefits under -

by Reid sald was. “SSiened | to

cover. extremely unusiial claims not
covered by other. benefits. .The -”
i id, had. not made -

’ similay*“claims’ which would -.

necessitate ‘a change of direction
for ICBC-away from the ‘current .
torte system to the no-fault system

: Seated at the entrance to ICBC
with a hand-painted sign of protest

“and a’ briefcase "stuffed with:
- documentation: of his five-year

battle, Federation said he has no
. He cannot werk. ‘His ‘*
pain: will remain, even if ‘his. hand 2

*’ were.to be amputated

“1 don’t ‘want.to do

_ICBC), I need “it like a hole i in th

head, but: am. not: going‘ to. give”
up. I will picket everyday, I wil

» picket Expo. I will keep at. this un

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3 - Sunday, June 8, 1986 - North Shore News