(Source: Canadian Press, January 6, 2016)
MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has welcomed a court ruling limiting its liability from lawsuits triggered by the transporting of dangerous goods, which could help the company in legal action related to the deadly Lac-Mégantic disaster. The Federal Court of Appeal ruled last month that a tariff demanded by CP from shipping companies regarding the movement of toxic or poisonous inhalants such as liquefied and compressed gas is reasonable and legal.
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