How has the judge treated class actions in a personal injury case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Charlton v. Abbott Laboratories, Ltd., 2015 BCCA 26 (CanLII):
Finally, the judge engaged in the exercise described in Rumley v. British Columbia, 2001 SCC 69, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 184, by addressing whether class proceedings would be a fair, efficient and manageable method of advancing the claims, and whether class proceedings are preferable to other proceedings.
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