A judge is expected to announce in a matter of weeks whether a Cardston company is guilty of failing to ensure the safety of one of its employees, who died in a work-related accident three years ago. During a brief hearing Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, the date of March 18 was set to receive Judge John Maher’s decision in the case against Taurus Natural Inc., which faces 14 charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, regulation and code. The charges allege the Cardston livestock feed company failed to protect 41-year-old Scott Forsyth by failing to ensure he and other workers were properly trained to operate some of the equipment. Forsyth died on the job Jan. 30, 2018.
Company still facing multiple charges in death of an employee
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After spending a week hearing from Crown witnesses, the lawyer representing a livestock feed company charged in the death of an employee three years ago, wasn’t going to call any evidence of his own. During a break in the Lethbridge trial this week, Calgary lawyer Michael Smith said the Crown failed to prove its case and suggested there is not enough evidence for a conviction. “The case is so weak we don’t have to defend it,” Smith said. Smith asked Judge John Maher for a directed verdict, which would dismiss the case on the basis that the essential elements of the offence have not been made out.