THE VOICE OF NGRTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

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NV resident sues vehicle —

department for negligence
| A 31-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver’ electrical engineer is
a fighting to salvage his financial future. by: suing the provin-.

cial Motor Vehicle Department/. (MVD): for’ alleged .
negligence in issuing him renistratjon. papers ‘for a. stolen |

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In. July 1982, Stephen = Lui a : ,
bought.a/1977 Porsche Targa for: ° Ieiyhb eons tAW
$13,500."He paid the ‘person: who L———_______—
identified himself as the car's reg-.: the original judgment on the“car,
istered owner after checking the. interest, his legal fees, a’portion of
car's serial number and registra- - the. legal fees, of “the Porsche
tion with 3 Vancouver’ MVD” owner's ‘Quebec: insurance | com-

B’ branch and after a search for liens ./pany.and a portion. of the. legal.
on the car had been-run prior to «/ fees of the two people who are su-
_ approval of a loan for the car... ng'Lui, | Pre ee Ee
gs Luj assumed the. registration “| have been told that it will be
check, of the .car, which. had/ ‘a very long’shot to-win the suit,"':
Quebec plates, was a check of. legal) Lui said in a recent interview, ‘but’
ownership: and that’ the certificate’,
of registered ownership he received: °
from the MVD constituted proof
of legal title: ad :
What Lui'did not know when he. where !,‘can
purchased. the ‘Porsche,’ and » + $38,000,°2%. °
f° not find out until four’years lafer,.. 38
was that the car had been stolen.
‘June '13,' 1982 in Quebec from’ a
Dr, Gilles LaBrecque- of .
> Lui’s- ill luck "could cost him,
» Close to $40,000. The total includes’ -,

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NORTH VANCOUVER electrical ‘engine n- Lui‘ expresses his’
frustration with the Motor: Vehicle Department.’ Lui is suing the provin- ..”
cial government department for, alleged, negligence in‘ issuing hi
tration papers for a stolen Porsche. : . :