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April 11, 2022
Maclean’s magazine covers the Brigitte Cleroux nurse imposter story and class action
The May 2022 issue of Maclean’s features an investigative piece by journalist Sarah Treleaven on Brigitte Cleroux, the woman who used fake nursing credentials to gain employment at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre from June 2020 to June 2021. Read the story “The nurse imposter. Brigitte Cleroux faked her…
Continue ReadingDecember 17, 2021
Proposed class action filed against Provincial Health Services Authority regarding unlicensed nurse.
Murphy Battista LLP has filed a proposed class action against Provincial Health Services Authority (“PHSA”) concerning an unlicensed and unqualified nurse, Brigitte Cleroux (“Cleroux”), who worked at B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (“BCWH”) from June 2020 to June 2021 and who provided unlawful and illegal nursing services to…
Continue ReadingApril 27, 2021
Province planning to introduce retroactive legislation to scuttle proposed class action
The BC government plans to introduce retroactive legislation to provide statutory authority for the reimbursement that is the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that successive provincial governments since 1973 have been using ICBC monies (between $16 million and $60 million annually) to reimburse BC’s Medical…
Continue ReadingApril 20, 2021
ICBC Apologizes to Class Action Representative Plaintiff
Read the full story in the Vancouver Sun: ICBC apologizes to accident victim in class action lawsuit
Continue ReadingJanuary 19, 2021
Federal Government in Exploratory Talks to Settle Class Action Lawsuit Over Veterans Affairs $165M Accounting Error
CBC reports on recent steps by the federal government to address an accounting error by Veterans Affairs Canada regarding the calculation of disability awards and pensions. The $165 million accounting error, affecting over 250,000 veterans, began in 2002 and continued undetected until 2010. You can learn more about the lawsuit…
Continue ReadingNovember 6, 2020
ICBC MSP Class Action Certification Hearing to Go Ahead April 27, 2021.
The application for certification of a class action against ICBC is set for April 27, 2021. At this time an order will be sought certifying a class action on behalf of the Accident Victim Class and the Ratepayer Class. ICBC and the Province filed an application seeking leave to bring…
Continue ReadingSeptember 10, 2020
Murphy Battista LLP Files Archdiocese of Vancouver Abuse Class Action
Murphy Battista LLP has filed a proposed class action against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver alleging systemic sexual, physical and psychological abuse of parishioners by individuals who, at all material times, were employees, agents or servants of the Archdiocese – including cardinals, bishops, archbishops, priests, deacons and lay ministers…
Continue ReadingAugust 28, 2020
Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver covered up systemic abuse, silenced survivors for decades, lawsuit claims
First class-action filed in B.C. Supreme Court since the district released its report on clergy sexual abuse last November. The article notes, “The proposed class-action lawsuit filed this week said the Archdiocese of Vancouver not only knew for years about allegations of systemic sexual, physical and psychological abuse, but “fostered…
Continue ReadingDemande d’action collective contre l’archidiocèse catholique de Vancouver
Lisez l’article complet ici: Demande d’action collective contre l’archidiocèse catholique de Vancouver
Continue ReadingPoursuite civile contre l’archidiocèse de Vancouver
L’archidiocèse de Vancouver fait face à une poursuite civile pour avoir dissimulé des abus sexuels comis par plusieurs membres du clergé pendant plusieurs années. Épisode du vendredi 28 août 2020
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