Vancouver Sun

MORE RESIDENTS SEEK TO SUE CP RAIL OVER LAC-MÉGANTIC

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A group of 49 people and businesses are seeking authorizat­ion to sue for economic and moral damages worth upwards of $5 million relating to the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy in 2013. Train engineer Tom Harding, Canadian Pacific Railway and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic, the defunct railway company at the heart of the disaster, are named in the court document from mid-May. The motion to institute proceeding­s was filed in Lac-Mégantic and involves plaintiffs who opted to not join a massive class-action in 2015 filed against the same defendants. That action is scheduled to be heard next year. The May filing describes the plaintiffs as people who resided in the Lac-Mégantic area, owned or leased property there or were physically in the area at the time of disaster and suffered losses. A total of $5.1 million is being claimed.

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