| The curious case of Jarl vs. Jarl |
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| British Columbia News - News - British Columbia | ||||||||
| Submitted by Maclean's | ||||||||
| Friday, 04 December 2009 03:03 | ||||||||
Kari and Terry Jarl of Nanaimo, B.C., are happily married with three kids. But this week they squared off in court. At issue: a lawsuit over an August 2005 motorcycle accident. The couple was out for a ride when their bike collided with a deer—Terry says he reacted as best as he could, but Kari alleges he could have done more. “I’m not trying to blame him,” she says, “but he was the driver, he could have avoided it.” Suing her husband wasn’t the first thing on Kari’s mind after the accident—she was thrown off the bike, and both she and Terry had to take time off work to recover from their injuries. Kari has been unable to return to her job as a care aid in a facility for the elderly, which has created some financial struggles for the family. But when the couple tried to make a claim on their insurance policy with ICBC (the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, a provincial Crown insurer), Kari says they were told the collision had been unavoidable, that “you can’t sue a deer,” and no compensation would be forthcoming.To read the rest of the article: http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/the-curious-case-of-jarl-vs-jarl/
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