We are pleased to announce that the proposed settlement, concluding the final subsidiary claims in the employment action was approved by the BC Supreme Court on Thursday June 19, 2008. Please note that the Pension Class Action has not been settled and continues to be advanced by us on behalf of the Pension Classes. The … Continued
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT LAW CLASS ACTION TevlinGleadle is pleased to announce that, working closely with and assisted by representative plaintiff Peter Gregg, and in co-operation with Employer’s Counsel, we have now reached a proposed settlement of the Bonus claim for Freightliner “Exempt Staff” and the separate claim for additional notice for certain … Continued
The Appeal was heard on June 14, 2005. The Court of Appeal refused the appeal, in effect deciding that the original decision of the trial judge was correct. Reasons for Judgement, Court of Appeal – June 14, 2005
Class Counsel have commenced an Appeal to the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Freightliner Ltd. has cross appealed for an order that the matter be decertified. Notice of Appeal
The court determined that Freightliner had given effective advance notice of termination of employment when it notified employees of the plant closure. Reasons for Judgement
The hearing took place at the Vancouver courthouse on March 24th and 25th, 2004. The court was asked to determine whether Freightliner’s employees received any effective working notice of termination of their employment. Notice of Motion filed January 20, 2004 Affidavit of Peter Gregg sworn on July 24, 2002 Affidavit of Peter Gregg sworn on … Continued
Counsel for Freightliner have scheduled an examination for discovery of Peter Gregg, the representative plaintiff, at the offices of TevlinGleadle on February 19th, 2004.
The Employment Class action includes two subclasses. One class is for individuals who are resident of British Columbia, the other is for persons who are residents of any other jurisdiction. The Certification Order mandates certain steps to notify each person in both of the two classes, and then gives a period of time (until September … Continued
On June 30, 2003 Judge Bennett formally ordered that the employment law claim of Peter Gregg be certified as a class proceeding, with two classes. These two classes (one of BC residents, and one of non-BC residents) are more particularly described in the formal order which can be viewed by clicking the link below. Certification … Continued
Because the proceeding was intitally commenced as a joint action for pension and employment law claims, after the severance, it was necessary to start a new action for the employment law claims. A new action was commenced on April 4, 2003. Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim, revised to exclude Pension Claims
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