Combined damages sought by a growing panoply of COVID-19 lawsuits against long-term care homes in Ontario have eclipsed $800 million, after Carlingview Manor in Ottawa was named last week in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of residents and their families following the death of some 61 residents there during the pandemic.
“Negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract—those are all encompassed in the claim. In terms of other issues, they’re really home-specific. We’re hearing different things about different homes,” said lawyer Stephen Birman.
