The Superior Court of Quebec authorizes a class action against public CHSLDs in the province “in which there has been an outbreak of 25% or more cases of COVID-19”. Users, spouses, natural caregivers, children, grandchildren and inheritances of deceased residents will be able to be part of it.
The judgment was delivered on Monday. The authorization request targeted all public CHSLDs in the province that experienced an outbreak of COVID-19 during the first two waves of the pandemic. Jean-Pierre Daubois, who lost his 94-year-old mother in April 2020, alleged that the “faulty and negligent” conduct of health establishments and authorities is “the direct and probable cause of the outbreaks” which “caused at least 5,347 deaths” in CHSLDs between March 13, 2020 and March 20, 2021.
The Superior Court ultimately restricted the group targeted by the class action.
The Ménard Martin law firm will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Further details will follow.
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