MONTREAL — The family of former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe is seeking $1.14 million from the luxury seniors’ residence where their 93-year-old mother perished after being trapped in a courtyard during a false fire alarm last January. Helene Rowley Hotte Duceppe died of hypothermia on Jan. 20, on a morning when it was a bitter minus 35 degrees outside and snowing. The three-page letter says the death could have been avoided and alleges irresponsibility, negligence and carelessness on the part of the residence. The family is seeking damages for each of Rowley Hotte Duceppe’s seven children, her estate and reimbursement of her funeral costs. In a lawyer’s letter dated Wednesday, the family gave Lux Gouverneur Montreal some 10 days to respond or the Duceppe clan would take legal action.

Source: National Post July 10, 2019 20:37 UTC