BURNABY BLUES K.D. LANG AMONG TOP ACTS AT BLUES AND ROOTS FEST {page 16} SUMMER’S BOUNTY TOP BRUSCHETTA WITH ROASTED TOMATOES {page 20}
VANCOUVER
COPING IN LONDON
RIOTS MAKING JOLIE NERVOUS {page 17}
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B.C. sues for health costs
Former NHLer Garrett Burnett suffered a brain injury when he was allegedly struck with a bar stool during a 2006 nightclub brawl in North Delta Lawsuit was filed under the province’s Health Care Costs Recovery Act to reclaim expenses RONALD MARTINEZ/GETTY IMAGES
Garrett (Rocky) Burnett was best known as an NHL enforcer during his brief league stint, but his reputation didn’t protect him during a bar-room brawl that put him on life support. Now the B.C. government is suing more than 30 people, including Delta’s police chief, to recover what it spent on Burnett’s lengthy hospitalization and recovery. The B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit, filed Tuesday, says Burnett was smashed over the head with a bar stool, injuring his brain and putting him in a coma and on life support. Delta police Chief Jim Cessford is named as the person responsible for the two investigating officers who the lawsuit says failed to safeguard exhibits such as video surveillance. “The surveillance video and hard drive were both subsequently lost or destroyed,” the lawsuit claims. The fight happened on Boxing Day of 2006 at the Cheers Nightclub inside the North Delta Inn. The government’s lawsuit also alleges the bar’s owner and its employees failed to make sure
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Garrett Burnett stretches before a game in 2005 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. At the time, Burnett was a member of the Dallas Stars’ organization.
Burnett would be safe, didn’t properly alert emergency responders after the assault, and didn’t have a proper system for watching alcohol consumption. The lawsuit outlines a long list of injuries Burnett suffered on top
of his brain injury, including broken facial bones, chipped teeth, loss of speech and co-ordination, double vision, and memory loss. The allegations have not been proven in court. Burnett played 39 games for the
Anaheim Ducks in the 2003-2004 season. He took part in 22 fights and spent 184 minutes in the penalty box. He logged one goal and two assists. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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