Is there any basis-in-fact to support a class action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Vester v Boston Scientific Ltd., 2015 ONSC 7950 (CanLII):
As I stated in O’Brien v. Bard, supra at para. 221, it is axiomatic that if there is no basis-in-fact for common issues, then there is no basis-in-fact for a class action satisfying the preferable procedure criterion.
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