Designated drivers forewarned

100 Mile House lawyer Peter Messner cites similar ICBC case

A local lawyer is warning designated drivers they may not be covered by insurance that if their drunk passenger causes an accident.

Following a recent British Columbia Supreme Court ruling that ICBC is under no obligation to compensate the designated driver, 100 Mile House Peter Messner talked about a case he had regarding a similar accident to the Supreme Court case on Horse Lake Road during which an impaired passenger pulled on the emergency brake.

Read the full story in the Feb. 26 edition of the 100 Mile House Free Press.

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