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Class Action Suit Against Nickel Company Inco to Proceed in Canada

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A class action lawsuit against Canadian nickel company Inco will proceed, as the Canadian Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on an effort to stop the lawsuit. 
 
Eight thousand residents of an Ontario town, Port Colbourne, are suing Inco, claiming that a refinery there operated by the company has contaminated their land with nickel and other metals. 
 
They are asking for damages because the contamination has devalued their properties.

Inco loses bid to have appeal of class-action suit heard by ...

CBC News - 6/29/2006 12:18 PM

OTTAWA (CP) - An effort by nickel giant Inco to quash a class-action lawsuit has been dismissed. The Supreme Court of Canada said today it will not hear an appeal by Inco, meaning the suit by residents of Port Colborne, Ont., will go ahead.
 
The $750-million suit alleges a refinery operated by Inco contaminated homes in the southern Ontario community over a period of about 80 years, devaluing the properties.
 

 
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