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Family Members Of Apparent Victims Of Crime Cannot Sue Criminal Investigators In Negligence
On April 8, 2011, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in "Wellington v. Ontario". The Court dismissed a negligent investigation claim brought by the estate and family members of a man shot by police against the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), an independent civilian agency responsible for investigating incidents of serious injury or death that may have resulted from criminal offences committed by police.
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