Liquor lawsuit: Thousands of bottles damaged, frozen during shipping, allege B.C. and Alberta

On a sizzling, sunny day, nothing beats a drink with ice.

Nevertheless, alcohol with ice in it — whereas being shipped from Jap Canada — is the idea of 4 civil lawsuits filed this month.

Authorities businesses in BC and Alberta declare 1000’s of bottles have been broken or frozen whereas being shipped, and are looking for $560,000 typically damages.

Launching the civil claims have been BC’s Liquor Distribution Department, BC’s Ministry of Client and Company Affairs, Alberta’s Gaming, Liquor and Hashish Fee and a BC delivery firm

The lawsuits allege about 10,000 cartons or containers of alcohol have been broken as a result of they have been hauled through the winter in unheated containers, not heated containers as requested.

The alcohol was reportedly shipped from Europe to Montreal, with the cartons then unloaded and reloaded to Western Canada.

L. Simard Transport, Mediterranean Transport Firm SA and Orient Overseasons Container Line Ltd. are listed because the defendants.

One assertion of claims says on December 11, 2021, 1,459 cartons of alcoholic drinks have been picked up by Simard, who didn’t load the cargo “into heated trailers to guard them from freezing through the cross-Canada carriage, however as a substitute loaded the hundreds . in normal unheated dry trailers.”

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Throughout transit, the civil claims state that “the cargoes skilled temperatures beneath 0 C which resulted in freezing of the wine and liquor of their bottles, leading to freeze-expansion of the wine and liquor and harm to the bottles and publicity of the contents to brought on the ambiance. The freezing of the wine and liquor brought on harm to the bottles and carrying packing containers.”

For that cargo, the plaintiffs sought normal damages of $55,940.20.

• One other cargo on November 10, 2021 had 1,939 cartons, with $111,610.71 in damages sought.
• One other cargo on November 20, 2021 had 1,787 cartons, with $49,497.53 in damages sought.
• One other cargo on November 30, 2021 had 3,404 instances of wine with $314,784.25 in damages claimed.
• One other cargo on December 21, 2021 had 1,789 cartons, with $38,097.25 in damages claimed.

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All 4 lawsuits have been launched with lawyer Barry Oland doing so on behalf of the plaintiffs. The agency Oland Baxter describes itself as a crew of skilled maritime, transport and private harm attorneys.

The claims haven’t been confirmed.

International Information reached out to L. Simard Transport, the BC Liquor Distribution Department and Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Hashish.

The BCLDB responded and mentioned it had no remark at the moment.

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