MONTREAL—Lawyers representing victims of a 2012 legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Quebec City that killed 14 people and affected 167 others say they have reached a deal with defendants in a class action case. The National Assembly of Quebec in Quebec City. ( ALICE CHICHE / AFP/GETTY IMAGES )Public health authorities confirmed in May that a cooling tower atop an office building in Quebec City’s lower-town area was the source of the outbreak. The building was co-owned by Quebec City and a federation of unions called the Centrale des syndicats du Quebec. Lawyers for the labour federation and Quebec government were not immediately available for comment.

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