Wrongful Death Claims–Missing and Murdered Women (BCSC)
Chantler+Company represents a number of men and women whose mothers were victims of convicted serial murderer Robert W. Pickton. Civil claims against the municipal, provincial and federal governments were resolved out of court in mid-2014 for approximately $4.9 million, while claims against two individual defendants are ongoing.
Related media:
Pickton's victims' children eligible to share $4.9 million in compensation (March 18, 2014, CTV News)
Families of Four Pickton Victims File Sweeping Lawsuit (May 9, 2013, The Tyee)
Compensating children of missing B.C. women is complicated: Oppal (Dec. 19, 2012, Globe and Mail)