Woods secures one of the most substantial awards in damages in Canadian judicial history
Vidéotron, G.P. v. Bell ExpressVu, l.p.– 2015 QCCA 422
In this matter, our firm represented Vidéotron G.P. and TVA Group Inc. who had commenced, in 2005, a claim in damages against Bell ExpressVu to be compensated for the damages they had suffered as a result of Bell ExpressVu’s negligence in its fight of the piracy of its own television signals distributed via satellite. By judgment rendered in first instance on July 23rd, 2012, the Superior Court accepted our arguments and found Bell ExpressVu liable for the damages suffered by our clients, awarding them a sum of a little over $1,000,000 to compensate their damages. Our clients appealed the amount of the award.
In a unanimous judgment rendered on March 6, 2015, the Court of Appeal accepted our arguments and increased to over $82,000,000 the amount in capital awarded to our clients. The amounts owed to our clients, in capital, interests, and costs, now stand at almost $140,000,000. This is one of the most substantial condemnations pronounced by a Court in Canadian judicial history.
http://citoyens.soquij.qc.ca/php/decision.php?ID=D561E42E4DDB01C8F2CEB4671E370F9F&page=1
