The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that a judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit over e-mails Tim Hortons sent out in error to participants in its "Roll Up to Win" promotion -- but only for Quebec residents. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe says Montreal's LPC Avocats claims about 500,000 customers across Canada received an e-mail in April, 2024, saying they had won a boat through the promotion, only to be told later this was not the case. The law firm says those clients should be awarded the boat and trailer they were told they won, plus damages. It says the prize's value is about $64,000. Superior Court Justice Donald Bisson ruled that the class action can move forward, but limited it to Quebec residents because the case hinges on that province's consumer protection laws. "Indeed, and among other things, according to the court, refusing to give the boats to those who were told they had won them -- and even not offering them anything else -- could destroy the public's trust in mobile app contests and justifies the claim for requested punitive damages," Justice Bisson wrote in a judgment released Friday. LPC says Tim Hortons did not offer customers "even one free coffee" as compensation.