Settlement distributed among 155 women, with individual compensation ranging from $10,000 to $285,000
May 08, 2025
The City of Leduc in Alberta has paid $9.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving allegations of sexual misconduct by municipal employees, according to a report.
The settlement was distributed among 155 women, with individual compensation ranging from $10,000 to $285,000, depending on the severity of harm experienced, CBC News reported.
The lawsuit, originally filed in 2022 by former Leduc firefighters Christa Steele and Mindy Smith, accused Leduc Fire Services of systemic negligence and breaches of Charter rights. The claim was later amended to include other city employees.
In one previous case, a worker’s awkward conversations led to sexual harassment complaint from a coworker.
Steele says that she couldn't have predicted how many would come forward to join their class action lawsuit against the city of Leduc.
"It's heartbreaking, but it wasn't really a surprise. Knowing the city that I worked in for 20 years, I knew it wasn't just me," she says in the CBC report.
Steele had previously said that she view the city’s settlement as Leduc’s acknowledgement of “the harm that women suffered in a workplace where they were preyed upon and sexual assault was acceptable and without consequence.”
According to law firm Burnet, Duckworth, and Palmer (BDP)—which represents the plaintiffs—the terms of the Leduc settlement include:
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