Stevensons Law

A general discussion of some aspects of product liability class litigation is set out below. Ontario New Home Warranty Program v. Chevron Chemical Co., (1999), 46 O.R. (3d) 130, involves a product liability claim [...]

Canadian disclosure rules and misrepresentation rules for claims by stock market investors are not as favourable as those in the U.S.. There is still room, however, for compelling cases to be advanced. The Ontario [...]

Chadha et al. v. Bayer Inc. et al. was the first certification order involving the Competition Act and the first to involve a claim by an indirect purchaser of goods. The plaintiffs alleged that [...]

In Webb v. K-Mart Canada Ltd. et al., June 14, 1999, 45 O.R. (3d) 389, Mr. Justice Brockenshire, among various orders, granted the plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment by declaring that the class [...]

In Delgrosso v. Paul (1999), 45 O.R. (3d) 605, Mr. Justice Sharpe certified a class for claims against a solicitor who had no direct contractual relationship with the plaintiffs. The solicitor acted in connection [...]

An environmental claim will be certified if it can be kept manageable and is sufficiently precise. It is clear environmental cases are appropriate class proceedings, especially in the case of sudden or precisely identifiable [...]

In the U.S. class action litigation has included Agent Orange, asbestos, the Dalkon Shield, Bendectin breast implants and the Bjork-Shiley heart value. In addition, U.S. mass torts have included major disasters such as the [...]

We act for defendants who want a cost effective defence to a class action. We acted for a blue chip builder which was sued for defective construction alleged to be common to all its [...]