Who’s suing whom
By Jason Kirby - Monday, July 16, 2012 - 0 Comments
Hitting a bad note in Alberta and a foie gras fight in Quebec
British Columbia: Residents on Gabriola Island sued a local shooting range, claiming the level of noise from the Gabriola Rod, Gun and Conservation Club is at “war-zone” levels. The amount of money being sought has not been disclosed, but the suit also names the B.C. government, which has a 30-year lease agreement with the club.
Alberta: A Calgary woman is suing a local concert promoter, Bryan Taylor of Concerts North, accusing him of fraud. According to the suit, investor Cheri Nichol sank $716,000 into Concerts North to put on 17 shows, featuring the Sheepdogs, the Doobie Brothers, Chris Isaak and others. Nichol claims the promoter misrepresented the revenues from the shows. Taylor has not filed a statement of defence but filed for bankruptcy protection last month.
Ontario: A group of Elliot Lake residents has filed a class action lawsuit over last month’s collapse of the Algo Mall roof. The $30-million suit names the owner of the mall, its controller Robert Nazarian, the City of Elliot Lake, the Ontario government and an unnamed engineer who approved the structure of the mall just prior to the collapse.
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Who’s suing whom
By Alex Ballingall - Monday, April 23, 2012 at 11:22 AM - 0 Comments
Our semi-regular roundup of the oddball cases winding their way through the nation’s court system
British Columbia: A Vancouver woman is suing Facebook for attaching her name and photograph to promotional material without consulting her. The woman had “liked” a company’s page, which Facebook advertised as an official endorsement to the woman’s network of friends. She’s seeking unspecified damages for the website’s “reckless, callous, disgraceful, wilful” disregard for users’ rights.
Manitoba: A Winnipeg woman is suing a pet store, alleging that staff urged her to handle a rat that bit her repeatedly on both hands, puncturing her skin and leaving her with nerve damage. Since the incident, the woman claims she’s developed a fear of small animals and suffers from recurring nightmares and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Ontario: A class action lawsuit has been filed against Canadian Tire, Mr. Gas and Pioneer Energy after the three companies admitted to a price-fixing scheme in Kingston and Brockville in 2007. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of thousands of customers who were duped into paying artificially high prices when the trio of gas providers conspired to raise them. The suit seeks a $55-million refund on their behalf.
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Who’s suing whom
By Alex Ballingall - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 8:00 AM - 0 Comments
Our semi-regular roundup of the oddball cases winding their way through the nation’s court system
Nova Scotia: An online auction site registered in Nova Scotia is facing a class action lawsuit in Oklahoma, the chief location of its operations. The site promises alarmingly low prices for retail items (like $25.50 for an iPad), but critics say it’s a scam. Each bid raises the item for sale by a penny, but costs the bidder 60 cents. The class action lawsuit claims this is unclear and, thus, deceptive.
Quebec: A male teacher in Saint-Hubert is suing two female colleagues who allegedly convinced students to wrongfully claim he had sexually harassed them. The adult education school launched a two-month investigation into the accusations, concluding that they were “either unfounded or grossly exaggerated.” The man claims the wrongful allegations caused anxiety, loss of sleep and damage to his personal relationships.
Ontario: A woman who lived as a nun for 14 years is suing her former monastery for wrongful dismissal, the infliction of mental damage and invasion of privacy. She is seeking damages and back pay, even though she took a vow of poverty in order to become a servant to God.
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Who’s suing whom
By Alex Ballingall - Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 10:20 AM - 0 Comments
Our semi-regular roundup of the oddball lawsuits winding their way through the nation’s court system
P.E.I: A woman is suing a Charlottetown hotel for $100,000 after she fell victim to the danger that every pool operator is at pains to point out: the poolside is slippery when wet. The woman alleges she slipped and fell on the wet pool deck after walking down a carpeted staircase. She claims that injuries to her left foot have forced her to overuse her right foot, leading to knee and back injuries.
Quebec: The family of a Montreal man crushed to death in a parking garage three years ago is suing the owner of the building. The man, 36, was killed when he suffocated under a massive chunk of concrete that broke off the ceiling. His family contends the building’s owner neglected obvious signs of disrepair: cracks, falling concrete fragments, and corrosion caused by de-icing salt.
Ontario: Three migrant workers from Mexico are suing an Ontario company and the federal government, claiming they were kicked off the job and sent packing for no apparent reason. They were hired to work on a family-owned strawberry farm in Vineland, Ont., through the federal migrant worker program. They’re each seeking $50,000 for breach of contract, and claim their Charter right to a fair hearing was breached.
Alberta: The City of Lethbridge is suing a 43-year-old man for $45,000 in damages after he shot a photo radar box that caught him driving over the speed limit. Of the three shots he fired, one narrowly missed a little boy sitting in a passing truck. The man was recently sentenced to three years in jail.
British Columbia: A woman is suing Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital after a stroke she suffered on the operating table gave her cognitive impairment and physical disabilities. She contends that the negligence of doctors and nurses performing her open-heart surgery allowed an embolism to travel to her brain, triggering the stroke. Her ability to enjoy life, she claims, has been reduced.
