Lac-Megantic | “Harding was the direct cause of the derailment”, pleads the CP

Who is responsible for Canada’s biggest rail tragedy? The answer is obvious to Canadian Pacific (CP) lawyers who blamed train driver Tom Harding during their closing arguments at the Sherbrooke courthouse in recent days.

Posted at 8:57 p.m.

VIATKA SUNDBORG
The gallery

“I respectfully submit to you that following this trial, CP’s conduct cannot in any way be considered to be at fault, and even less as having causally contributed to the damage”, explains Me Guy Pratte, the one of the lawyers representing the railway company before the class actions following the Lac-Mégantic tragedy.


source site-61