Davies partner George J. Pollack was quoted in The Lawyer’s Daily regarding a case he successfully argued on behalf of Wärtsilä Canada Inc. before the Québec Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal held that the trial judge in a dispute between Wärtsilä and Transport Desgagnés Inc. (TDI) erred by applying the provisions of the Civil Code of Québec, rather than the common law rules of Canadian maritime law to determine the liability of a manufacturer for latent defects.

According to George, the Appeal Court’s decision made “it very clear that Canadian maritime law is not the law of each province; it is a uniform body of law applicable across the country that ousts the application of provincial law and that’s a pretty significant statement of law.”