A Quebec judge has rejected Canadian Pacific Railway's challenge of a court settlement aimed at compensating residents of Lac-Mégantic.
About 25 companies accused of responsibility in the 2013 train tragedy that killed 47 people have contributed to a compensation fund of $431.5 million.
The settlement was being opposed by Canadian Pacific.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ ... -1.3149986
I have to agree with Canadian Pacific. Its sad what happened to those 47 people, and the firefighter who committed suicide immediately afterward, but the ONLY responsible party should be the Montreal, Maine, & Atlantic Railway. If you cannot get the money from that entity, its not up to someone else to pay.
Lac-Mégantic lawsuit: Judge rejects CP challenege
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Re: Lac-Mégantic lawsuit: Judge rejects CP challenege
I agree. CP should be, under no circumstances, held liable for another companies actions. CP didn't supply the crew, or the locomotives. Just the train, If Im correct.
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Re: Lac-Mégantic lawsuit: Judge rejects CP challenege
I feel bad about this whole situation. I was re reading old news articles and it seems to me that the engineer got railroaded. The CEO blamed him for the whole thing when the majority of the fault lay with his company with regards to poor maintenance. I hope the owner gets nailed and the engineer walks away. CP should not be liable at all but with the way laws work who knows.