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Lac-Mégantic: Supreme Court refusal clears CP rail of liability in 2013 tragedy
The decision leaves a $460 million compensation fund in place after victims and creditors sought to hold Canadian Pacific liable.
- The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear an appeal yesterday, clearing Canadian Pacific Railway Company of all liability for the Lac-M disaster that claimed 47 lives in 2013.
- A runaway train derailed in Lac-M in 2013, causing an explosion that reduced the downtown to ashes and killed 47 people.
- Plaintiffs argued that Canadian Pacific, which shipped oil from North Dakota to New Brunswick, failed to inform Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway that the oil was improperly labeled.
- Although a compensation fund was established for victims and creditors of the bankrupt Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, Canadian Pacific refused to pay into it, denying responsibility.
- Following victories in Superior Court and the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court provided no reasons for its refusal to hear the case, as is customary.
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Canadian Pacific cleared of liability in Lac-Mégantic train disaster
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been cleared of all liability in the Lac-Mégantic, Que., train disaster that claimed 47 lives in 2013. Several parties, including the victims and their families, were attempting to sue the rail carrier for its role in the disaster.
·Canada
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Le Journal de Quebec
Le Journal de QuebecThe Supreme Court upheld the Canadian Pacific (CP) exemption in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic tragedy
·Montreal, Canada
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The Toronto Star+18 Reposted by 18 other sources
Lac-Mégantic: Supreme Court refusal clears CP rail of liability in 2013 tragedy
MONTREAL - Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been cleared of all liability in the Lac-Mégantic, Que., train disaster that claimed 47 lives in 2013.
·Toronto, Canada
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