Time out.

• Author: Mitchell, Teresa
• Position: Bench Press

A French-speaking Quebecer thought he'd struck it rich when he opened his mail after a vacation and found an English language announcement from Time Inc. stating that he had won a cash prize of $833,337. No prize was forthcoming and Time Inc pointed to the fine print that made the prize conditional on his having the "winning entry". He sued for his prize money and, in the alternative, for punitive damages for humiliation and distress. Madame Justice Cohen of the Quebec Superior Court ruled that Time Inc. could deny the prize in contract on the basis of the free print. However, she also ruled that the company had breached the Province's Consumer Protection Act...