Gas Price Fixing : A Second Class Action Has Been Authorized For 23 Additional Markets

QUEBEC, Sept. 7, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - A class action pertaining to gas price fixing in 23 additional markets in the Province of Quebec has been authorized on September 6^th, 2012 by the Honourable Justice Dominique Bélanger of the Quebec Superior Court. The markets covered by the class action are the following:

Quebec Lévis Coaticook Saint-Hyacinthe Trois-Rivières Drummondville Beauce (Saint-Georges, Sainte-Marie, Scott, Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Saint-Patrice de Beaurivage et Vallée-Jonction)

Plessisville Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover Princeville Lac Mégantic Montmagny Sept-Îles Bas-Saint-Laurent (Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski et Mont-Joli

The class representatives, Daniel Thouin and the Automobile Protection Association (APA), seek compensation for consumers and companies of 50 employees or less who have purchased gas in the subject markets for the period starting January 1^st, 2002 to June 30, 2006.

This class action is the second pertaining to gas price fixing in the Province of Quebec since the Honourable Justice Dominique Bélanger of the Quebec Superior Court has previously authorized a class action on November 30, 2009 concerning the markets of Sherbrooke, Magog, Victoriaville and Thetford Mines.

In June 2008, criminal charges were filed in Sherbrooke, Magog, Victoriaville and Thetford Mines following an investigation by the Canadian Competition Bureau known as "Project Octane". As of today, 27 individuals and seven companies have pleaded guilty.

SOURCE: Paquette Gadler inc.

Mr. George Iny
President 
Automobile Protection Association 
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Mtre Guy Paquette
Paquette Gadler Inc.
Attorneys ad litem for plaintiffs 
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Mtre Pierre LeBel
LeBel Avocats
Counsels for plaintiffs 
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