Bill ID 458 (Legislature 26, Session 1)

L26 S1 458

Alberta — Bills

2005 Bill Pr4 First Session, 26th Legislature, 54 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL Pr4 BROOKLYNN HANNAH GEORGE REWEGA RIGHT OF CIVIL ACTION ACT MR. OBERLE First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee of the Whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Third Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Royal Assent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Pr4 Mr. Oberle BILL Pr4 BROOKLYNN HANNAH GEORGE REWEGA RIGHT OF CIVIL ACTION ACT (Assented to , 2005)

WHEREAS Elizabeth Hannah Rewega, who is also known as Lisa Rewega, of the hamlet of Rainbow Lake, Alberta, was the driver of a motor vehicle that was in a single-vehicle accident on December 31, 2000, near the town of High Level, Alberta, and was pregnant with her daughter, Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega, at the time of the accident;

WHEREAS Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega, an infant, suffers from certain disabilities that are alleged to have been caused by the accident;

WHEREAS a petition has been presented by Douglas George Rewega, father and legal guardian of Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega, requesting a Bill that will grant Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega, through her legal guardian, the right to bring or maintain a civil action in the courts against her mother for compensation for the injuries and losses resulting from the accident; and

WHEREAS it is expedient to grant the prayer of the petition; THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Right of civil action in motor vehicle accident 1(1) Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega, an infant, by her father and legal guardian, Douglas George Rewega, is hereby granted a right of civil action against Elizabeth Hannah Rewega, her mother, for compensation for injuries and losses resulting from a single- 1 vehicle accident on December 31, 2000, near the town of High Level, Alberta, in which her mother was the driver of the vehicle.

(2) The right of civil action provided under this Act is a strict motor vehicle exception to the common law principle that a legal duty of care cannot be imposed on a pregnant woman towards her fetus or subsequently born child. Title: 2005 (26th, 1st) Bill Pr4, Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil Action Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L26 S1 458
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L26 S1 458
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	f8c58c8bc973ddcdd476351eca889ff095495419

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