Liquor lawsuit: Thousands of bottles damaged, frozen during shipping, allege B.C. and Alberta
Launching the civil claims were B.C.’s Liquor Distribution Branch, B.C.’s Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Alberta’s Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission and a shipping company in B.C.
The lawsuits allege around 10,000 cartons or cases of alcohol were damaged because they were hauled in unheated containers during winter, not heated containers as requested.The alcohol was reportedly shipped from Europe to Montreal, with the cartons then unloaded and reloaded for Western Canada. L. Simard Transport, Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. and Orient Overseasons Container Line Ltd. are listed as the defendants.
One statement of claims says on Dec. 11, 2021, 1,459 cartons of alcoholic beverages were picked up by Simard, which did not load the cargo “in heated trailers to protect them from freezing during the cross-Canada carriage, but instead loaded the cargoes in standard unheated dry trailers.
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