Class Actions Related to Police Conduct during Citizen Protests: $6,000,000 Settlement with the City of Montreal

• Author: Sarah Woods, Laurence Angers-Routhier, and Bianca Annie Marcelin
• Pages: 297-304

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Class Actions Related to Police Conduct during

Citizen Protests: $6,000,000 Settlement with the

City of Montreal

Sarah Woods, Laurence Angers-Routhier, and

Bianca Annie Marcelin

AbstrAct: The authors summarize and discuss Sévigny c Ville de Montréal,

a decision rendered on 22 February 2023, in which the Superior Court

addressed the reasonableness, fairness, and equity of a settlement resolv-

ing sixteen class actions against the City of Montreal.