Are there any cases where a plaintiff has been successful in a class action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Charlton v. Abbott Laboratories, Ltd., 2013 BCSC 1712 (CanLII):
There are two aspects to this question: first, whether class proceedings would be a fair, efficient and manageable method of advancing the claims; second, whether class proceedings are preferable to other proceedings: Rumley v. British Columbia, 2001 SCC 69 at para. 35.
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