The family of a woman who died in a “catastrophic” car crash caused by an erratic motorcyclist in Surrey, B.C., has been awarded nearly $2.5 million in damages.
The husband and teenage children of Mariam Ghaly, 42, sued the motorcyclist in B.C. Supreme Court after Ghaly’s death nearly six years ago.
In her ruling posted Monday, Justice Emily Burke acknowledged how the crash and subsequent grief transformed the lives of Ghaly’s surviving family, leaving them living with conditions from anxiety to insomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder.
“While Mr. Ghaly has done his best to continue living his life, it would be repugnant in the circumstances not to acknowledge his deep pain, which
