Winnipeg businessman awarded $500K damages in defamation case
Posted: May 10, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 10 The defamation lawsuit stems from a 2009 development deal to bring IKEA to Winnipeg. (Cliff Simpson/CBC) A Winnipeg businessman has been awarded $500,000 in damages by a Manitoba jury in a civil defamation lawsuit. Marcel Chartier, a real estate investor and developer, sued Winnipeg businessman Serge Bibeau in 2018 after learning Bibeau had called him a thief to a business associate. The case was heard in Manitoba's Court of Queen's Bench last week and after two hours of deliberation, a jury sided with Chartier and awarded him $500,...
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