The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health led two class actions against the companies and won in 2015, with the court ordering the companies to pay more than $15-billion to smokers who either fell ill or were addicted.
Mark Meland, who represents the Quebec class-action members, told the court the creditor protection is just the companies’ latest delay tactic in a legal battle that has already spanned more than two decades.If the case is allowed to stretch on for years longer, “there will not be one living member of the Quebec class action to receive compensation,” he said.
If smokers get any restitution, I hope it gets paid forward to their victims!
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