MONTREAL -- A Quebec judge has ruled that foreign-based tobacco companies are not immune from a lawsuit filed against their Canadian subsidiaries to recoup health costs.
The major international firms contended the lawsuit by the Quebec government didn't apply to them because the provincial court didn't have any jurisdiction over them.
But Justice Stephane Sansfacon wrote in a ruling dated July 4 that the major tobacco companies and their Canadian subsidiaries can be sued.
"Therefore, the tribunal, after reviewing all the evidence, considered the (province) has demonstrated prima facie to establish that Quebecers have been prejudiced by the actions of the defendants-appelants," Sansfacon wrote.
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