The appellant was brutally tortured by two police officers and threatened with death.
Suffering from severe post-traumatic stress and fear, he did not bring a civil action against the officers and their employer municipality until six years later.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the psychological fear caused by the officers' fault made it absolutely impossible in fact for the appellant to act, thereby suspending the six-month prescription period.
The Court found the officers liable for civil fault and the municipality vicariously liable, awarding compensatory and exemplary damages.
