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Workers' Compensation Widows
On Thursday, May 1, 2008, Patrick Alberts, from the Merchant Law Group, argued the Certification Application for the class action seeking to reinstate the Workers’ Compensation pensions for those widows and widowers who had their spousal pensions terminated upon remarriage. Mr. Justice Wimmer of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench reserved his decision on certification.
Present in the Court Room were 28 Workers’ Compensation widows and their current spouses. Patricia Horner and Jean Martin, two of the named Plaintiffs, travelled from Saskatoon. Others travelled from as far as away as Prince Albert. The support of this group was much appreciated by Merchant Law Group.
As soon as the decision of Mr. Justice Wimmer is handed down, we will be posting it on this website.
In Saskatchewan, the Certification Application is scheduled to be heard on May 1, 2008 before Mr. Justice Wimmer.
If you were in receipt of a spousal pension which was terminated by reason of remarriage, please insert your contact information below.
IF YOU WISH TO JOIN THIS CLASS ACTION OR TO SIMPLY GET MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE COMPLETE THE BELOW FORM OR CALL US AT 1 866 982 7777. (Please note, providing your information creates no financial obligation for you. You are not charged any fee or cost for joining this class action - we are simply paid a contingency fee from the compensation recovered, if successful.)
POUR LE SERVICE EN FRANCAIS AU SUJET DE CE RECOURS COLLECTIF (OU D'AUTRE RECOURS POTENTIEL), S.V.P. CONTACTER NOTRE BUREAU DE MONTREAL: MONTREAL@MERCHANTLAW.COM.
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Merchant Law Group LLP has 12 offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six provinces and an American state. Tony Merchant, Q.C., and his firm are well known for their involvement in Mass & Class Action cases in Canada, including class proceedings regarding Complete Contact Lens Solution, Silicon Breast Implant, Winners/HomeSense, HSBC Mutual Funds, Various Cellular Phone Fees, Molson-Coors Merger, Conrad Black/Hollinger, GM Gasket Manifolds, Lead Paint in Toys (and similar consumer products), Menu Foods, Paxil, Vioxx, Agent Orange, Métis Veteran Benefits, Cryptosporidium Water, Sony, Residential School litigation, CPR Anhydrous Ammonia, and cases regarding ISM Information Security, Tundra noxious gas emissions, Zonolite, Canadian Wheat Board Pool transfers, and various other cases. Tony Merchant is known to be one of Canada’s most active litigators with more than 600 reported cases in leading Caselaw Journals, having argued thousands of cases before the Canadian and American Courts, in Trial and Administrative Courts, and the Courts of Appeal of various American and Canadian jurisdictions, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Tony Merchant, Q.C., has a long history in pursuing public policy cases and is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.).