Wood is the only person criminally charged in connection with the deadly 2012 Elliot Lake Algo Centre Mall collapse. Criminal lawyer Michael Spratt said he expects the result will impact anyone who shares a duty to uphold public safety. "Negligence and dereliction of duty, if that is indeed found to be the case here, can result in criminal liability," Spratt said. "Our primary purpose is to protect the public interest," McDonald said, "we want to ensure that all engineers behave in that manner." Wood has pleaded not guilty to two counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

Source: CBC News January 30, 2017 16:18 UTC