Opioids Heath Care Recovery Costs LitigationACTIVE

Nature of Action

This is a class action to recover opioid-related healthcare costs paid by the governments in their efforts to address and abate the opioid crisis.

The classes are:

(a) a class of all federal, provincial and territorial governments that, during the period from 1996 to the present (the “Class Period“), paid health care, pharmaceutical, treatment and other costs related to opioids (the “Class” and the “Class Members“); and

(b) a subclass of federal, provincial, and territorial governments that have legislation specifically directed at recovery of damages and health care costs arising from an “opioid-related wrong” as that term is defined in the relevant legislation (the “ORA Subclass“)