A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has awarded more than $327,000 to the parents of a teenager killed in 2019 for the “likely hypothetical future” care their son would have provided under Korean tradition.
The ruling says Shim moved to Nanaimo, B.C., with his family from South Korea when he was 10, and his parents sued the driver and his insurer, saying their only child would have continued the Korean tradition of hyodo, or showing gratitude towards his parents. The parents asked the court to award them $1.1 million to $1.6 million, saying their son would have taken over their two restaurants and made generous financial contributions to them.
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