B.C. judge dismisses lawsuit against RCMP, saying it was filed too late
VANCOUVER — A lawsuit in the case involving a British Columbia Mountie who failed to get out of his cruiser to investigate a shots fired call has been tossed out of court.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed the action alleging police negligence in the case of Lisa Dudley, who was shot in her home in Mission in September 2008, ruling the lawsuit was filed too late.
Dudley’s mother, Rosemarie Surakka, filed the civil suit against Canada’s attorney general and the province of B.C., alleging an RCMP officer failed to properly investigate when he responded to reports of shots fired because he didn’t get out of his vehicle.
Dudley was discovered in the home four days later by a neighbour, she was badly wounded and died on her way to the hospital.