A B.C. transport firm being sued by cannabis companies for $834,000 after a shipment was seized at the U.S. border has denied liability and has countersued the businesses for $23,922 for shipping invoice arrears.
The company denied liability the companies’ negligence led to the problems.
In an April B.C. Supreme Court notice of civil claim, We Grow BC Ltd. and Alberta-based Westleaf Labs claimed Kelowna-based Seven Elk Shipping had been told not to take the shipment across the U.S. border.
The claim said the plaintiffs engaged Seven Elk in January 2023 to transport cannabis products throughout Canada. It claimed shipping agreements said Seven Elk would not attempt to transport cannabis products
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