Tourist sues for $1M after dogsleigh nightmare honeymoon in Quebec
Judith Plamondon, QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 11:49 AM EST | Updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 02:03 PM EST
MONTREAL — A French tourist is suing for nearly $1 million after he broke his back during a Quebec dogsleigh trip that he says cost him his future bride.
Paris native Alain Rolland, 43, says fiancee Romy Kerdel, 22, left him after he was tossed from a sleigh and run over north of Montreal in January 2012.
He had taken the much-younger woman to Quebec for a pre-wedding honeymoon to "make babies," he told QMI Agency.
Instead, Rolland was hospitalized in Quebec for four months and had to learn to walk again once he returned to France.
That's when his bride-to-be got cold feet.
"She said she was exhausted and needed to think about it," said Rolland, who hasn't seen the woman since.
He's suing four companies for $924,315.73, including a travel agency, an inn and a kennel operator.
"This accident cost me my companion," he lamented.
The travel agent and inn owner both deny responsibility.
Alain Rolland after the accident. (Supplied)
Alain Rolland and Remy Kerdel. (Supplied)
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Judith Plamondon, QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 11:49 AM EST | Updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 02:03 PM EST
MONTREAL — A French tourist is suing for nearly $1 million after he broke his back during a Quebec dogsleigh trip that he says cost him his future bride.
Paris native Alain Rolland, 43, says fiancee Romy Kerdel, 22, left him after he was tossed from a sleigh and run over north of Montreal in January 2012.
He had taken the much-younger woman to Quebec for a pre-wedding honeymoon to "make babies," he told QMI Agency.
Instead, Rolland was hospitalized in Quebec for four months and had to learn to walk again once he returned to France.
That's when his bride-to-be got cold feet.
"She said she was exhausted and needed to think about it," said Rolland, who hasn't seen the woman since.
He's suing four companies for $924,315.73, including a travel agency, an inn and a kennel operator.
"This accident cost me my companion," he lamented.
The travel agent and inn owner both deny responsibility.
Alain Rolland after the accident. (Supplied)
Alain Rolland and Remy Kerdel. (Supplied)
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