Bell Mobility Inc. has lost an appeal of a class-action judgment that found the company liable to thousands of cellphone subscribers in Canada’s three northern territories over fees for non-existent 911 services. The Northwest Territories Court of Appeal concluded that the trial judge, who presided over what was the territory’s first class-action lawsuit to go…
Justice Côté writing for the Court of Appeal dismissed Bell Mobility’s appeal of the trial judge’s ruling. The Court upheld the trial judge’s ruling that the company is liable to class members in the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut who paid 911 fees without receiving any 911 operator service. Justice Côté did not accept Bell…
Keith Landy and Samuel Marr successfully represented the Plaintiff/Respondent Anderson in this class action against Bell Mobility. At trial, Bell Mobility had been found liable for charging 911 fees through the Northwest Territories where no 911 services were actually available. Bell Mobility’s appeal of the trial decision to the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal was…