J.M. Asbestos Inc. v. Commission d'appel en matière de lésions professionnelles

J.M. Asbestos Inc. v. Commission d'appel en matière de lésions professionnelles
Collection
Supreme Court Judgments
Date
1998-02-23
Report
[1998] 1 SCR 315
Case number
25617
Judges
Lamer, Antonio; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank; Bastarache, Michel
On appeal from
Quebec
Subjects
Administrative law
Notes
SCC Case Information: 25617
Decision Content
J.M. Asbestos Inc. v. Commission d’appel en matière de lésions
professionnelles, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 315
Clément Guillemette Estate
and Lilianne Boivert Guillemette Appellants
v.
J.M. Asbestos Inc. Respondent
and
Commission d’appel en matière de lésions
professionnelles and Micheline Paquin Mis en cause
and
Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail Intervener
and
Confederation of National Trade Unions Intervener
and between
Commission d’appel en matière de lésions
professionnelles Appellant
v.
J.M. Asbestos Inc. Respondent
and
Clément Guillemette Estate
and Lilianne Boivert Guillemette Mis en cause
and
Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail Intervener
and
Confederation of National Trade Unions Intervener
Indexed as: J.M. Asbestos Inc. v. Commission d’appel en matière de lésions
professionnelles
File No.: 25617.
1998: February 23.
Present: Lamer C.J. and L’Heureux‑Dubé, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Bastarache JJ.
on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec
Administrative law ‑‑ Judicial review ‑‑ Commission d’appel en matière de lésions professionnelles ‑‑ Standard of review ‑‑ Burden of proof ‑‑ Presumption.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal, [1996] R.J.Q. 2444, [1996] Q.J. No. 2676 (QL), affirming a judgment of the Superior Court, [1992] C.A.L.P. 1640, granting a motion in evocation of a decision of the CALP, [1991] C.A.L.P. 309. Appeal allowed.
Richard Mailhot, for the appellants the Guillemette Estate et al.
Claire Delisle and Marie‑France Bernier, for the appellant CALP.
Philippe Casgrain, Q.C., Gérard Dugré and Michel Towner, for the respondent.
Maurice Cloutier, for the intervener CSST.
Edward Kravitz, for the intervener CNTU.
English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by
1 The Chief Justice ‑‑We all essentially agree with the reasons of Forget J.A. of the Quebec Court of Appeal.
2 Accordingly, the appeal is allowed, the judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal is set aside and the decision rendered by the Commission d’appel en matière de lésions professionnelles is restored, the whole with costs throughout.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellants the Guillemette Estate et al.: Mailhot Drapeau, Charlesbourg.
Solicitors for the appellant CALP: Levasseur Delisle, Québec.
Solicitors for the respondent: Byers Casgrain, Montréal.
Solicitors for the intervener CSST: Panneton Lessard, Montréal.
Solicitors for the intervener CNTU: Sauvé & Roy, Montréal.