{"id":30485,"date":"2012-09-10T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagners1.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/newfoundland-court-of-appeal-upholds-certification-of-vlt-class-action\/"},"modified":"2012-09-10T08:00:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T08:00:43","slug":"newfoundland-court-of-appeal-upholds-certification-of-vlt-class-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagners.co\/fr\/blog\/newfoundland-court-of-appeal-upholds-certification-of-vlt-class-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Newfoundland Court of Appeal upholds certification of VLT class action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"page-header\"><\/div>\nA recent <a href=\"https:\/\/records.court.nl.ca\/public\/supremecourt\/decisiondownload\/?decision-id=5201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision released by the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador<\/a> has upheld the certification of a class action lawsuit filed against\u00a0the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) and denied the ALC's appeal of certification. The lawsuit was originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/nl\/nlsctd\/doc\/2016\/2016canlii90989\/2016canlii90989.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">certified by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador<\/a> as a class action on December 30, 2016.\n\nThe class action concerns line games which are played on video lottery terminals (VLTs) in Newfoundland and Labrador. It has been estimated that nearly 30,000 people living in Newfoundland and Labrador may be included in the certified class action.\n\nThe class proceeding alleges that the line games installed on VLTs are deceptively designed, unlike other forms of gambling. In studies, it has been determined that VLTs have twice the rate of causing gambling addiction compared to other forms of legalized gambling.\n\nAs the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador has denied ALC's appeal, save for the striking of a minor portion of the claim based on the <em>Statute of Anne<\/em> and the <em>Competition Act<\/em>, the class action may now proceed to a trial on the common issues.\n\nThe class action team at <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wagners.co\/practice-areas\/motor-vehicle-accidents-other-personal-injury\/\" title=\"Motor Vehicle Accidents &amp; Other Personal Injury\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1047797\">Wagners<\/a> has been monitoring the proceedings in Newfoundland and Labrador since their commencement with a view to commencing a similar class action in Nova Scotia.\n\nIf you or a loved one reside in Nova Scotia and have suffered losses due to playing the ALC\u2019s video lottery line games, please <a href=\"https:\/\/wagners.co\/contact\/\">contact Wagners<\/a> to discuss your situation further.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent decision released by the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador has upheld the certification of a class [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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