5 Westboro bus crash lawsuits against city can proceed after class action refused [Video]

A proposed class action lawsuit against the City of Ottawa that failed to get certification after years of appeals can now proceed as an individual case, along with four new claims related to a fatal bus crash in 2019, a Superior Court judge has ruled.

It’s coming up on six years since a double-decker OC Transpo bus slammed into the awning of a shelter at Westboro station on Jan. 11, 2019, killing three people and injuring dozens of others.

So far, the city and its insurers have paid out a combined $29.4 million on 24 settlements related to the crash. There are 11 remaining claims, the city said Wednesday.

The statute of limitations to file suit passed years ago, but last week Justice Calum MacLeodruled that five individual lawsuits can go ahead despite the passage of time. That’s because their allegations were included in the original proposed class action — and because …