How $15-billion Quebec class-action award affected this company
March 26, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL – Rothmans, Benson & Hedges has become the third tobacco company to receive a temporary reprieve from compensating 100,000 Quebec smokers after securing creditor protection in an Ontario court on Friday. Imperial Tobacco Canada and JTI-Macdonald Corp. were both…
Tobacco lawsuit defence set back by Supreme Court of Canada
July 18, 2018 by Greg MeckbachThe Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, which is being sued by the British Columbia government for the cost of treating smoking-related illness. Part of the issue in question centres around whether the province…
Tobacco liability threat faces major convenience store chain and gas stations
July 12, 2018 by Greg MeckbachThe Canadian corporate owner of nearly 13,000 convenience stores and gas stations is warning it could be sued as a result of selling cigarettes. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. “could be sued for health problems caused by the use of tobacco products,”…
Supreme Court to hear appeal of production order in lawsuit seeking health care costs from tobacco firms
July 20, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it will hear an appeal from the British Columbia government, of a production order, in a lawsuit seeking to recover health care costs from tobacco companies. A B.C. court previously ordered the provincial…