Supreme Court of Canada

Purolator Courier v. Cornwall Gravel, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 118

Date: 1980-06-04

Purolator Courier Ltd., Bernard Levert and Rhéal Boisvenue (Defendants) Appellants;

and

Cornwall Gravel Company Limited (Plaintiff) Respondent.

1980: June 4.

Present: Laskin C.J. and Martland, Dickson, Beetz and Lamer JJ.

ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO.

Carriage of goods—Carrier’s liability—Limitation of liability for loss, damage or injury—Damage caused by delay—Extent of damages recoverable—The Public Commercial Vehicles Act, R.S.O. 1970, c. 375, Sch. A.

APPEAL from an order of the Court of Appeal for Ontario dated April 11, 1979, dismissing the appeal of Purolator Courier Ltd. from the judgment of Holland J.[^1] Appeal dismissed.

C.R. Thomson, Q.C., and Donald Short, for the defendant, appellant.

P.D. Rasmussen and A.H.A. Keenleyside, for the plaintiff, respondent.

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not need to hear you, Mr. Rasmussen and Mr. Keenleyside. We are not persuaded that there was any error in the disposition made by the Courts below. The appeal is accordingly dismissed with costs.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the defendant, appellant: Campbell, Godfrey & Lewtas, Toronto.

Solicitors for the plaintiff, respondent: Hewitt, Hewitt, Nesbitt, Reid, McDonald & Tierney, Ottawa.

[^1]: (1978), 1978 1384 (ON SC), 18 O.R. (2d) 551, 83 D.L.R. (3d) 267.