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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Defamation Trial Told Of Conversation About City's Pension Plan

The defamation trial of former Common Councillor John Ferguson has heard from the pension board's doctor and former council member Glen Tait.

Dr. Micheal Keating evaluated applications for permanent disability pensions for 11 years and told the court he never misapplied the definition and was never accused of doing do.

Glen Tait testified about a conversation he had with Ferguson at a Cities of New Brunswick meeting in the Miramichi.

Tait told the jury Ferguson claimed he was looking for solutions to the pension plan but Tait accused him of trying to lay blame for the problems and Ferguson replied "You're too smart for me".

Tait also told the jury Ferguson never divulged the source of legal advice he claimed to have showing negligence on the part of the pension board. Tait denies the pension board was derelict in its duties.