G8 ~ Sunday, November 21, 1993 ~ North Shore News

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NVD appealing court decision

Dear Editor:

At great cost financially, emo-
tionally and health-wise, my fam-
ily took on the District and won.

We did not win everything, but
after five weeks of trial over seven
months we thought we had suc-
ceeded in recovering the majority
of our economic loss,

Morcover, we thought our 34-
month ordeal was almost over.

We could forget about the
District's Jack of sensitivity, We
could ignore the District's refusal
to negotiate in good faith a
satisfactory settlement for all par-
ties at a fraction of the cost.

We could put behind us their
bumbling efforts of using a
defence of failure to mitigate our
loss (subsequently withdrawn).

But no. It is not over, We have
not won,

The District has given notice to
appeal the judgment.

Our friends comfort us but they
are truly amazed that this saga is
being extended at District tax-
payers’ expense.

Mr. Palmer, the municipal
manager, has the temerity to
dismiss Brent Mudry’s recent arti-
cle in the News because of
alleged misleading statements.
Talk about the pot calling the
kettle black!

In my opinion, the article pro-

“vided an extremely concise sum-

tuary af the series af events span
ning 33 years, as well as the trial
itself

almer is playing ao game of
semantics when he attempts to
differentiate beween the District's
role and that of its insurers.

It was the District's own counsel
defending the case,

It was the District's own of-
ficials called as defence witnesses.

We were not sting the insurers,
we were suing the District,

In response to council's motion
requesting an independent — in-
vestigation of this matter, Palmer
was obvicusly slow in obtaining a
copy of the judgment.

The District had three high.
priced lawyers present for most of
the five weeks of: trial, plus a
fourth at one stage

Couldn't one of its own lawyers
have kept the District informed?

Neither the District nor its in-
surers maintained a@ presence at
the trialitself.

Palmer comments that “the
judge arrived at decisions based
on information he did or did not
have from 29 to 35 years ago.”

The judge’s . decisions were
based on the evidence of two
eye-witnesses from 1961 whose
testimonies were not rebutted in
cross-examination,

In addition, the judge consid-
ered the evidence of the Ripley

Demand an end to pensions

Dear Editor:
.., | would like to think we are on
-a roll here in Canada.

First we told the powers that be
that we don’t want a Constitution
that divides us forever into interest
groups with distinct rights and
privileges based upon race, lan-
guage or geography.

Then we fired the Conservative
government because the
patronage, the greed, the lies and
the cost of redecorating Mila’s
mansions was more than we could
bear, .

_ Is it possible we could make it
to the magic number three and

demand an end to these obscene,
outrageous pensions that our past
MPs receive?

For the sake of decency and
anything that we ever thought was
fair, will we remain strong and
demand action?

The Liberal-government cannot
be expected to give up this wind-
fall voluntarily. We must demand
it. f

I invite all! Canadians to stand
up with me‘and say we’re mad as
hell and we're not going to take it
anymore!

Lori Ostier
West Vancouver

Perfect 18K hoop
: ear-rings to fit.

any mood -

every woman's

Christmas dream

Equatly elegant in
the gym, office or

for dinner out.
Instantly
transformed
with one or more

of our great
add-on charms

possiblities
now or later.

Magically priced
for Christmas at
20-30% off.

Report, commissioned . by the
District in 1961, and the council's
own minutes from 1961, which
were both accepted as exhibits,

{ was astounded by Paimer's
refusal fo accept any responsibility
as acouncil for “what happened
that. far in the past.""

Like it or not, the council is a
corporate entity and it has to ae-
cept responsibility for actions and
inactions of preceding councils.
Harvey Lawson
North Vancouver

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