Smith v. Inco Update

摘要

In 2010,we told you about Smith v. Inco - a groundbreaking class action for historical soil contamination,where neighbours of a long-closed nickel refinery were awarded $36 million in damages for loss in property value. Now,the Ontario Court of Appeal has thrown out that decision; what will the Supreme Court of Canada do? Inco operated a nickel refinery in Port Colborne from 1918 to 1984,emitting nickel that settled on neighbouring lands.