Supreme Court upholds reversal of death declaration in case of man found to be alive

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a judge’s decision to annul the declaration of a Quebec man’s death when new evidence indicated he was living in Iran.

Eight years after Hooshang Imanpoorsaid disappeared in 2008, his spouse went to court to obtain a judgment declaring his death.

An insurance company, anticipating it would have to pay out money under a life insurance policy, opposed a pronouncement of Imanpoorsaid’s death.

The company argued the circumstances of the indebted man’s disappearance suggested he was trying to evade his creditors.