Amendments are being introduced by the Provincial Government in order to allow the Federal Government to join a BC led class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and to allow the number of defendants to get bigger.
These Amendments to the Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act will allow both governments to pursue recovery from opioid manufacturers, wholesalers and other potential defendants in a class-action lawsuit that is currently in progress.
Back in 2018, this lawsuit was put in motion by the BC government on behalf of all provincial and territorial governments in the country in addition to enacting the Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act so it could support the suit.
The purpose of the lawsuit is to recoup the costs of health care provided to patients from all the governments that resulted from wrongful conduct of opioid manufacturers, distributors and their consultants.
The class action is expected to be certified next year.
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