One wonders if the executives at the three Big Tobacco companies in Canada were collectively patting themselves on the back last week.
And the industry can finally get back to business as normal after nearly 10 years of self-imposed creditor protection, as the spectre of a much higher payout had loomed . The same can’t be said for the class of litigants, hundreds of whom have died waiting for this day to actually happen. Sure, compensation will likely go a long way to alleviate the suffering of the plaintiff class that has endured life-changing damage, but many never lived to see this day.
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