The appellant building owner appealed the dismissal of its declinatory exception in an action by a former employee of an international organization who alleged injury from inadequate air quality in the building where he worked.
The Supreme Court held that the claim sounded in extra-contractual civil liability against the owner for building maintenance and failure to warn, not in labour relations or the internal operations of the international organization.
The immunity and inviolability attaching to the organization did not transfer to the owner, and any evidentiary difficulties arising from access to the premises were matters for trial rather than jurisdiction.
The appeal was dismissed and the matter was left to proceed in the Quebec Superior Court on its merits.
