Proceeding certified as a Class Action – Pension and Employment Law claims Severed

On Thursday, February 13, 2003 the Honourable Judge Elizabeth Bennett pronounced Reasons for Judgement certifying the Western Star proceeding as a class action under the Class Proceedings Act. As well, the judge ordered that the pension claims and the employment claims be “severed”. This has required class counsel to commence a separate action for the … Continued

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Certification Hearing Held (reserved)

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 TevlinGleadle appeared again in the British Columbia Supreme Court before Madam Justice Bennett, and presented submissions as to why the action commenced in this proceeding should be certified as a class action: Copy of Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Argument in favour of Certification Submissions were made by counsel for Freightliner and the … Continued

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Certification Hearing Held (reserved)

On Tuesday, October 15, 2002 TevlinGleadle (Murray Tevlin, Dan Gleadle & Dagmar Dlab) appeared again in the British Columbia Supreme Court before Madam Justice Bennett, and presented submissions as to why the action commenced in this proceeding should be certified as a class action: Copy of Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Argument in favour of Certification Submissions … Continued

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Written Submission Filed

On September 13, 2002, TevlinGleadle filed with the court a written submission with a summary of the case, and reasons why, in the plaintiff’s view, it would be appropriate for this matter to continue as a class proceeding. Our submission can be found at: Plaintiff’s Submission on Certification Motion

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Certification Material Filed

On July 24th, 2002 TevlinGleadle filed documents with the Supreme Court of British Columbia in support of the plaintiff’s application for certification. These documents can be viewed by clicking the following links: Peter Gregg’s Notice of Motion, dated July 24, 2002, a document setting out the orders that will be sought at the certification hearing … Continued

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TevlinGleadle Files for Certification

On July 24th, 2002 TevlinGleadle filed documents with the Supreme Court of British Columbia in support of the plaintiff’s application for certification. These documents can be viewed by clicking the following links:   Peter Gregg’s Notice of Motion, dated July 24, 2002, a document setting out the orders that will be sought at the certification … Continued

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Justice Appointed

On July 10, 2002 TevlinGleadle received notice that the Supreme Court of British Columbia had appointed Madam Justice Bennett as the judge who will be responsible for the trial of the action, as well as pre-trial management matters, including the certification hearing and all other motions in the case, unless otherwise ordered. Notice of Assignment … Continued

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Action Commenced

On April 16, 2002, TevlinGleadle commenced an action under the British Columbia Class Proceedings Act on behalf of Peter Gregg, a present Freightliner employee, as a representative member of the class of non-unionized employees of Freightliner’s Western Star Truck plant in Kelowna, British Columbia. Interested parties can review: the Writ of Summons and Statement of … Continued

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