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The cleanup continues at the coal train deraiment site in Scotchtown.
Sydney Coal Railway says it’ll be at least Sunday before the debris and coal are cleaned up and repairs made to the tracks. Six cars delrailed as they were hauling coal to the Lingan power station. The investigation into the cause also continues.
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has slashed a damage award for a Sydney man who sued his lawyer over a car accident claim.
A lower court awarded George Poulain $113,000N for loss of indemnity benefits as a result of negligence by his lawyer David Ianetti of North Sydney. It also ordered Ianetti to pay $17,000 in costs and $12,000 in disbursements.
Now the appeals judges have slashed the damages award to a nominal $1,000 and lowered the costs to $10,000. The judges ruled the contract between Iannetti and Poulain only dealt with one aspect of the insurance claim and that it was Poulain alone who dealt with the second claim.