Does a plaintiff have to sign a pre-certification disclosure of medical and hospital records?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wall Estate v. GlaxoSmithKline Inc., 2010 SKQB 351 (CanLII):
I had occasion to consider the question of pre‑certification disclosure of medical and hospital records in Schroeder v. D.J.O., supra. Ultimately, I concluded that it was appropriate to require the proposed representative plaintiffs to sign authorizations permitting the defendants the right to obtain material from medical or hospital personnel. My reasoning was as follows:
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