Supreme Court of Canada
Purolator Courier v. Cornwall Gravel, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 118
Date: 1980-06-04
Purolator Courier
Ltd., Bernard Levert and Rhéal Boisvenue (Defendants) Appellants;
and
Cornwall Gravel
Company Limited (Plaintiff) Respondent.
1980: June 4.
Present: Laskin C.J. and Martland, Dickson,
Beetz and Lamer JJ.
ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR
ONTARIO.
Carriage of goods—Carrier’s
liability—Limitation of liability for loss, damage or injury—Damage caused by
delay—Extent of damages recoverable—The Public Commercial Vehicles Act, R.S.O.
1970, c. 375, Sch. A.
APPEAL from an order of the Court of Appeal
for Ontario dated April 11,
1979, dismissing the appeal of Purolator Courier Ltd. from the judgment of
Holland J. Appeal
dismissed.
C.R. Thomson, Q.C., and Donald Short, for
the defendant, appellant.
P.D. Rasmussen and A.H.A. Keenleyside, for
the plaintiff, respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally
by
THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not need to hear you,
Mr. Rasmussen and Mr. Keenleyside. We are not persuaded that there
was any error in the disposition made by the Courts below. The appeal is
accordingly dismissed with costs.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the defendant, appellant: Campbell, Godfrey & Lewtas, Toronto.
Solicitors for the plaintiff, respondent:
Hewitt, Hewitt, Nesbitt, Reid, McDonald & Tierney, Ottawa.
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