A possible settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit that alleges a health clinic in Ontario exposed its patients to the risk of contracting serious diseases including HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B.
In the lawsuit, Kellesis vs. ParaMed Inc., the plaintiffs contended that the defendant, ParaMed Inc., did not adhere to public health standards in the sterilization of medical instruments used at the company’s wound-care clinics. This exposed “the Plaintiff and Class Members to the risk of contracting serious communicable diseases, including hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV,” says a July 21 press release from McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP, the law firm representing the plaintiffs.
