{"id":29140,"date":"2026-03-18T16:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagners1.wpenginepowered.com\/class-actions\/deer-lake-canal-seepage\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:31:07","slug":"deer-lake-canal-seepage","status":"publish","type":"class-action","link":"https:\/\/wagners.co\/es\/class-actions\/deer-lake-canal-seepage\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer Lake Canal Seepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>Dewey v. Kruger Inc. et al<\/h3>\n<h3>Newfoundland &amp; Labrador Supreme Court File: 2015 04G 0120 CCP<\/h3>\nWagners and Bob Buckingham Law of St. John\u2019s, NL commenced a proposed class action on behalf of individuals who own or reside in property damaged by excessive water seepage from the Humber Canal. The action was filed on May 22, 2015, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.\n\nThe canal runs from Grand Lake to the Kruger Hydroelectric Power Generating Station in Deer Lake, NL. The lawsuit alleges defects in the design, development, oversight and operation of the canal that have caused excessive water seepage and resulting water damage, flooding and mould to properties downstream.\n\nThe class consists of all persons who own or owned (prior to May 22, 2015) real property within the Class Boundary, and all persons who reside or have resided in (prior to May 22, 2015), but did not own, real property within the Class Boundary. See the Documents section for a depiction of the Class Boundary.\n\nThe two firms are working collaboratively on behalf of the Plaintiff and potential class members.\n\nThe Certification Hearing was held on May 26 and 27, 2021 and Justice Peter Browne released his decision and reasons for judgment on September 20, 2021, declining to certify the class action.\n\nThe Plaintiff filed an appeal of the certification decision and a hearing was held on January 16, 2024, before the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador.\n\nOn March 6, 2025, the Court of Appeal released its decision. The appeal was successful, and this class action is now certified and can proceed in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.\n\nA copy of the decision can be found under the Documents section.\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -48px; top: 192px;\">\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wagners and Bob Buckingham Law of St. John\u2019s, NL commenced a proposed class action on behalf of individuals who own property damaged by excessive water seepage from the Humber River Canal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class-action-status":[14],"class_list":["post-29140","class-action","type-class-action","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","class-action-status-open"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagners.co\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class-action\/29140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagners.co\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class-action"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagners.co\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/class-action"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagners.co\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"class-action-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagners.co\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class-action-status?post=29140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}