Company faces lawsuit over Alberta spill CALGARY, Alberta, June 25 (UPI) -- A law firm in Calgary said it launched a $75 million class action suit against a pipeline company for an early June oil spill into the Red Deer River. Merchant Law Group, a Canadian law firm, filed a $75 million class-action suit against Plains Midstream in response to the spill. "If you transport a dangerous product, you are strictly liable for the dangerous product," lawyer Tony Merchant was quote by the Calgary Sun as saying. If something goes wrong you have to pay compensation. The newspaper notes that around two dozen people have come forward as members in the suit. There was no public comment available from Plains Midstream. The Red Deer River was flooding at the time of the spill and most of the oil was isolated to a downstream reservoir.