Health Canada is making changes (via legislative amendments) to the manner in which medical devices and pharmaceutical products are recalled under the Medical Device Regulations, SOR/98-282 (MDR) and the Food and Drug...more
In product liability class actions, general causation (i.e., a product's propensity to cause alleged injuries) is often a threshold issue to establish liability (if general causation cannot be established, no class member's...more
We begin with an update on a trilogy of privacy class actions appeals in which plaintiffs sought, unsuccessfully, to expand the tort of intrusion upon seclusion.
Next, we canvass the various approaches of Ontario courts...more
Product liability case law in 2021 brought clarity to certain causes of action that often form the basis of product liability claims. In particular, Ontario courts considered new duty of care categories arising within the...more