LENOVO-OWNED Motorola has been slapped with a $5m class action lawsuit over allegations of shoddy customer service and not honouring warranty policies. News of the lawsuit comes via Trusted Reviews, which learned this week that the complaint was filed against Motorola on 21 April in Illinois, accusing the company of “unfair, unscrupulous, immoral and oppressive” business practices. The …
Next week looms large in the troubled history of 12 provincial residential facilities, including locations in Oro-Medonte Township and Muskoka. Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba will decide Monday whether to approve a $36-million settlement reached last fall between the province and the Toronto-based legal firm acting on behalf of former residents at a dozen facilities like the…
A group of people victimized by toxic humidifier sterilizers plan to bring a class-action lawsuit against the products’ manufacturers and distributors to seek unspecified damages, an environment civic group said Thursday. The Seoul-based Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health said it will convene a meeting of the victims and their families on Sunday to…
John Thornton has finally addressed the recurring outcry over his compensation – by taking a nearly $10-million (U.S.) cut in pay. The executive chairman of Barrick Gold Corp. will receive $3.1-million for his work in 2015, a dramatic reduction from the $12.9-million he pocketed for 2014. Shareholders have twice voted against Mr. Thornton’s compensation package in recent years through non- …
94 First Nations Bands Join Day Scholars Lawsuit by pmnationtalk on March 15, 201630 Views Date Posted: 2016-03-14 | The opt-in period is over and it is clear that the Day Scholars Class Action has strong support all across Canada. 94 separate bands have come forward to be included in the lawsuit representing every province where an Indian Residential School was located. Launched in 2012 by the …
Justice department lawyers have been accused of withholding documents that show a priest who worked at an infamous Indian residential school for nearly four decades was a serial sexual predator even as they persuaded an adjudicator to deny compensation to a former student who said the priest abused him. The man, who was a student of St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont., is …
The Court of Queen’s Bench approved the settlement of a class action suit regarding the government’s role to seek compensation for children injured as a result of abuse, assault or other crimes while under provincial guardianship. Benefit claims can be made between January 15, 2016 and January 15, 2017. The settlement applies to people who were under the care of Alberta Child Welfare and/or the …
The Court of Queen’s Bench approved the settlement of a class action suit regarding the government’s role to seek compensation for children injured as a result of abuse, assault or other crimes while under provincial guardianship. Benefit claims can be made between January 15, 2016 and January 15, 2017. The settlement applies to people who were under the care of Alberta Child Welfare and/or the …