Lions Bay landslide lawsuit

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B.C. government sued by family, neighbours of Lions Bay landslide victims

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The children of a couple who died in a landslide in Lions Bay are suing the B.C. government for negligence.

The plaintiffs are also suing the Village of Lions Bay and Steven Vestergaard , the man who built roads and a small reservoir.

David and Barbara Enns were killed on Dec. 14 when a debris flow carrying mud, rocks and trees cascaded down the Battani Creek ravine about 750 metres and swept away their house.

The lawsuit claims the debris flow was “caused, or alternatively contributed to,” by the allegedly illegal construction of the roads and reservoir on provincial land.

The Enns’s children and neighbours are also seeking that the bridge and road that provide access to their properties is declared a provincial highway.

The Village of Lions Bay declined to comment on the lawsuit.

The village installed a locked gate on the south end of the bridge after the debris flow.

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