2019 March 18

MGTL and others v. J.A.C. and others, Queen’s Bench of Alberta Court File Number 1801‐0764, Calgary Judicial Centre

The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta awarded damages totaling $500,000 over various defamatory publications on Facebook, Twitter and Internet websites.  This award consisted of $100,000 general damages and $40,000 punitive damages to the corporate plaintiffs; $100,000 general damages, $40,000 aggravated damages and $40,000 punitive damages to the individual plaintiff B; and $100,000 general damages; $40,000 aggravated damages; and $40,000 punitive damages to the individual plaintiff M.  The Court also ordered an injunction requiring the removal of the defamatory expression from the internet.