2019 August 19

Robillard v. 91439 Canada ltee (Editions de Mortagne), 2019 QCCS 3529

The Superior Court of Quebec awarded the defendant $12,000 moral damages and $3,000 punitive damages against the plaintiff on a counterclaim concerning false and defamatory posts by the plaintiff on social media which criticized the defendant’s business practices.  This ruling noted the evidence disclosed there were 5,496 “visits” to the plaintiff’s social media site and that one defamatory post appeared on a public forum which had huge numbers of visitors.