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From: perelgut@csri.toronto.edu (Stephen Perelgut)
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: TTC & Class-action suit
Message-ID: <1989Oct5.094607.19989@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 89 13:46:07 GMT
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Anyone know what the chance of success would be for a class action suit
on behalf of either the taxpayers of Ontario or the TTC commuters.  My
thought is to sue whoever is responsible for shutting down the transit
system (in this case, the TTC since they are planning a lock-out).  As
a taxpayer, my $'s go to support transit via government grants, etc.  As
a commuter, I need access to a large city with an inadequate road system.

I'm generally against litigating for frivolous purposes, but I: (a) don't
consider this fivolous; and (b) do think that the threat of a class-action
suit will stop either party from closing the system down completely.

P.S.  For the legal-beagles out there, what rights do people have re:
	- a class action suit of this sort
	- recovering damages from time lost at work due to lack of access
	- recovering damages from work lost when workers can't make it to
	  the job site (I'm sure there are many people without ANY option
	  other than TTC)
	- recovering losses due to earlier purchase of a Metropass.