Michèle Bazinet v. City of Lachine

Reference :

10890-60-8901

Complaint date :

November 9, 1987

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

Canada, Montreal

Plaintiffs types :

Individuals

Plaintiffs names :

Michèle Bazinet

Defendants :

Public collectivities

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Louise Boucher

Case nature :

Arbitration court

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

2,4-D, Dicamba, Mecoprop, Herbicide

Requests :

Plaintiff requests that her bodily injury resulting from herbicide exposure be recognized as a work-related illness with compensation paid.

Name of the Court :

The Appeal Board on Occupational Injuries of Montreal, Canada

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

May 31, 1991

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The Workplace Health and Safety Committee grants the worker the benefits provided for in the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

The plaintiff, an animator in a park, noticed, after lying on the lawn in June 1986, skin rashes on her body, particularly on her back, and itching. She learned from her employer that a herbicide had been applied to the lawn shortly before.

Scientific references :

Cancer among farmers: A review