Court of Appeal Upholds Ruling That CP Rail Was Not Liable for Lac-Mégantic Disaster

Court of Appeal Upholds Ruling That CP Rail Was Not Liable for Lac-Mégantic Disaster
Workers comb through debris after a train derailed on July 9, 2013, causing explosions of railway cars carrying crude oil in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
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Quebec’s Court of Appeal has upheld a 2022 lower court ruling that found Canadian Pacific Railway did not have legal liability for the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster that killed 47 people.

The province’s high court heard arguments from three joined appeals seeking that the railway company be required to pay into a compensation fund for about 4,000 victims of the 2013 tragedy.