What is the impact of a single incident mass tort?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gordon et al. v. 837690 Ontario and Tyco et al., 2022 ONSC 1028 (CanLII):
I agree with the characterization by Plaintiffs’ counsel that the fire in this case is akin to a single incident mass tort. I also note the comment of Belobaba J. in Dine v. Biomet, 2015 ONSC 7050, at para. 17:
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