Jump to full article: St. John's (Nfl) Telegram (ca), 2009-11-17
Intro: The Canadian Cancer Society is supporting a court appeal this week that will attempt to start a class action over light cigarettes.
In a news release, the society said the Sparkes case proceeding as a class action would provide “necessary access to justice.”
Without class-action certification, thousands of consumers in the province would have no practical remedy “as a result of the ‘light’ and ‘mild’ deception,” the society said.
The case returns to court Wednesday and Thursday, when the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal will begin hearing arguments as to whether a lawsuit against Imperial Tobacco for deception related to so-called “light” cigarettes should be certified to proceed as a class action.
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