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The civil resolution tribunal ruled that the strata corporation at Parkview Gardens had a “duty to accommodate” owner Carol Cheslock’s physical disability allergies, asthma, an eye condition that required surgery and respiratory problems worsened by the cigarette and cannabis smoke and other odours that entered into her and her husband Andrew’s second-floor suite from the unit below.
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“Mrs. Cheslock has a physical disability and provided medical notes stating the smoke and odours (were) aggravating her health conditions,” wrote tribunal vice-chairwoman Kate Campbell. “Under the B.C. human rights code, the strata therefore had a duty to accommodate Mrs. Cheslock to the point of undue hardship.”