Huron Expositor, 2000-02-02, Page 3News
Taking heart
Scott kilgendorff photos
Jacob McGavin of Brussels gets his face painted by Jasmine
Foreman while Dole Feltz of Mitchell gives Devon a pu sh at
the Take Heart Huron family skating party on Sunday at
Seoforth and District. Community Centres. The organization is.
working to help prevent heart disease by encouraging o
healthy, active lifestyle in addition to skating, there was
healthful information available and apples to snack on
LeBeau's bail hearing taking place today
.By Amy Zoethout
Goderich Signal -Star Staff
.A hearing tudetermine if
Sarah LeBeau should be let out
on bail was 'adjourned Friday
•until ttlflay. Feb. 2. ' •
The hearing will be in
Toronto at the Ontario Court of
. Appeals to decide if the 23-
year-old Bruceticld arca
woman should he released until
appeals against her conviction
are heard. •
LeBeau was sentenced Lan -
24 to tour years in prison for
four counts of .criminal
negligence causing death and
tour counts of impaired driving.
causing death. She was also
• sentenced to serve a two-year
concurrent sentence for
impaired driting causing
bodily • harm and criminal
negligence causing bodily
harm. There will also hese` 1.5-
year suspension of het dlners
license..
In October..Justice Thomas
Granger found LeBeau guilty
of these charges sum►unding an
accident that occurred near
Varna on Nov. 24. 1996 killing
Neal Atchison and Pamela
King of Clinton and Brian Hill
and Mark Webster, of Stanley
To nship' Both -LeBeau and
Brandon Gardner of Vanastra
were seriously injured in the
crash -
As .r result of the accident.
las, suits arc flying against
LeBeau from families of the
Icttms seeking thousands of
dollars in damages.
Now that LeBeau has been
sentenced. Andrew King.
lawyer fOr the Atchison. King
and•Wehster families. hopes
that their -suits will be settled
with insurance ompanies
within the next couple. of
months without having to go to
anal.
'I'm hoping we do settle for
the sake of the families,- said
• King., adding that they have
keen through enough. • •
The•King• Webster..Hil1 and
Atchison, families have filed
suits against LeBeau and Evans
(heti n 'let Oldsmobile Ltd. in
Goderich. where LeBeau
leased her 199.5 Camaro that
was invoked in the crash.
• • King stated that Evans was -
imolv'ed in the suits because,
they .are -the legal owners of the •
car.
The lawkuits from the
victim,' families seek damages
undcr.the Family Law Act of
S200.(K)0 for each parent and
$100.(0( -for each sibling .and.
;grandparent -for loss of. care.
guidance and companionship.
King noted that he .expects
the .actual award to he between
S4O.000-to S700)0 for patents.
S35.O(K) to 540•(X)0 for siblings
and 520.000 to $30.00(1 for
grandparents.
"You can never -compensate
for their loss. ' said King. "but
it's something:* • -
According to the London
Fn•e Press. statements of claim
in the .suits against LeBeau
claim she was an incompetent
driver at the time. lacking in •
reasonable skill and self -
command. and ought not to
have tried to operate a.vehicle.
The Free Press also stated
that the suits by the Atchison.
.King and Webster families
.claim LeBeau was in such a
condition• from drinking
alcohol or absorbing drugs that
her normal faculties.
perception and judgment were
affected to the point she no
longer had the capacit) to
operate a vehicle with caution.
Brandon Gardner. who
survived -the -crash. has also
filed a lawsuit against LeBeau
and Evans. His lawsuit' seeks
$750.000 in ,general damages
and $350.000 in special
damages for the injuries he
sustained from the crash.
Nigel- Gilby, lawyer for.
Gardner, said he is seeking
damages for pain and suffering
and. lost enjoyment. of life.
Damages also include future
income loss.
"He is no longer able to
pursue his chosen career,'' said
Gilby.
LeBeau had filed a suit
against the estate of Neal
Atchison; but Andrew King
noted that he had received_a
letter from her lawyers
indicating they'wished to
withdraw those claims.
LeBeau's defense lawyer Glen
• Carey, maintained throughout
the trial that Atchison was the
driver at the time ofthe crash.
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