This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland.

Electric Reduction Co. of Canada, Ltd. discharged a poisonous substance into Placentia Bay, and, as a result, poisoned fish in the bay. The plaintiffs were fishermen whose businesses were injured as a result of the poisoned fish, and they sued Electric Reduction Co. under the law of nuisance.

The Court held that Electric Reduction Co. had created a public nuisance, not a private nuisance, and that the plaintiffs could not seek personal compensation for damages that were suffered in common by an entire class.

View the Decision on CanLII: https://www.canlii.org/en/nl/nlsctd/doc/1970/1970canlii907/1970canlii907.html

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