Read our. To read the entire Second Opinion newsletter every Saturday morning, please subscribe. Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. "The total cost, if I win my case, is bigger than Purdue can pay. A long-running national class-action lawsuit, which involves as many as 2,000 individuals who got hooked on Purdue’s blockbuster pain pill OxyContin after their doctor prescribed it, has been in limbo since 2018, when a Saskatchewan judge rejected a proposed settlement. Mr. Byers said such a stay should apply equally to all the cases in Canada. We aim to create a safe and valuable space for discussion and debate. Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. Please log in to listen to this story. Non-subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way. Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey issued a statement regarding Purdue Pharma, dated Sept. 17, alleging that the controversial pharmaceutical company is not including Canadian claims in a proposed restitution deal. Working toward a global settlement that is fair to Canadians is better than full-scale litigation with an uncertain outcome, Mr. Mogerman said in an e-mail, explaining why the provinces did not oppose the stay. 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Purdue Pharma is seeking an injunction to temporarily halt all litigation against the company in Canada, as it seeks to settle thousands of lawsuits in the United States over a deadly opioid epidemic. I'm a print subscriber, link to my account, Avoid the use of toxic and offensive language. If they did something bad they're going to have to pay in Canada, just like they will in the U.S.". A representative for Purdue Canada declined to comment. “Since then, our government has been monitoring with considerable interest the recent developments in the U.S. litigation concerning the manufacture, sale and distribution of opioids.”. The injunction in the United States in no way affects the Canadian companies, he said, adding that what the judge is being asked to do is “a bridge too far.”, Mr. Meland said he plans to ask a Quebec judge to certify the lawsuit as a class-action. "There have been reports of the Sackler family having transferred wealth to various offshore locations, so there are growing questions around what the financial state of play is for that company and its affiliates like the Canadian ones.". “Why should we be hampered for no good reason?”. That means: Comments that violate our community guidelines will be removed. A U.S. bankruptcy judge granted an injunction this month halting all lawsuits in the United States, including from 24 state governments opposed to the settlement proposal, until April 8. The suit aims to recover the health care costs of the crisis. We hope to have this fixed soon. Purdue Pharma ist ein US-amerikanisches Unternehmen der pharmazeutischen Industrie mit Hauptsitz in Stamford. © Copyright 2020 The Globe and Mail Inc. All rights reserved. "We are comfortable, based on the things that we've alleged, that those individuals are also liable for the healthcare costs that the government entities paid in relation to opioids," Mogerman said. “British Columbia's lawsuit was launched on behalf of all provincial, territorial and federal governments and aims to recover government health care and other direct costs incurred due to opioid-related disease, injury or illness,” he continued. Audio for this article is not available at this time. Thank you for your patience. David Byers, a lawyer at Toronto law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP, asked Justice Glenn Hainey of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Thursday to grant a similar injunction in Canada. They have set loose an epidemic that is larger than they can pay for," Mogerman said. "It shows how Purdue Pharma and other opioid manufacturers have been given free rein in Canada," he said. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday and proposed a settlement in the U.S. worth up to $12 billion US. "The provinces are realistic about what they will recover. What Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy filing means for Canada, Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, files for bankruptcy as part of settlement, Proposed settlement with U.S. opioid-maker should include Canadian claims, B.C. "They're not the company but they have their own potential individual liability and they don't want to be chased to the ends of the earth for their share.". Comments are welcome while open. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff. government launched a similar class-action lawsuit, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. The B.C. The company, which is owned by members of the Sackler family, made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin that is widely seen as a catalyst to the crisis that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. 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