Fifteen years after Svante Lind and his Sweda Farms Ltd. business filed suit against Burnbrae Farms, L.H. Gray and Sons Ltd. and the Ontario egg marketing board, the courts have yet to set a trial date.
But the lawyers are getting closer; the court might set a trial date when it meets in December. The estimate is that a trial would involve 44 witnesses and take 75 days.
The most recent court action is around how much money those involved need to post in case they lose.
Lind is already on the hook for $250,000 and now a judge is requiring another $950,000.
Lind had to pay Burnbrae Farms Ltd. $520,000 in legal costs when Burnbrae succeeded in being dismissed from the case.
Lind’s claims against L.H. Gray and Sons Ltd. and the egg board now total $45 million.
