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New product liability class action highlights uncertainties in class proceedings

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 29 2013

On April 15, 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified a product liability class action in respect of pharmaceutical products

Class actions development: B.C. Court of Appeal slams the door on waiver of tort in statutory cases

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • July 20 2012

In a significant class certification decision with national implications, the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Koubi v. Mazda Canada Inc. has curtailed the ability of class plaintiffs to rely on restitutionary doctrines such as “waiver of tort” to obtain class certification in cases grounded in alleged breaches of statute

Andersen v. St. Jude Medical: whither waiver of tort?

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • June 29 2012

Class action litigants have long been awaiting a trial decision that would tackle the controversial doctrine of waiver of tort

Consumer protection class actions: consumers take their complaints to court

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 2 2009

In 2008, Ontario courts certified several consumer protection class proceedings, often for the purpose of settlement