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The following are case details of settled Class Actions handled by the Siskinds Class Action team (listed alphabetically by plaintiff):
Alfresh Beverages Ltd. v. Archer-Daniels Midland et. al.
2001 - Settlement for class affected by citric acid price fixing conspiracy. Settlement value of approximately $8 million
Alfresh Beverages Canada Corp. v. Hoechst AG, [2002] O.J. No. 79 (Ont. Supt.Ct.).
Bendall v. McGhan Medical Corp., [1993] O.J. No.4210 (QL).
Bendall v. McGhan Medical Corporation (1993), 14 O.R. (3d) 734 (Gen. Div.).
Bisignano v La Corporation Instrumentarium Inc.
1998 - National settlement in an amount of approximately $9.4 million with a distributor of a defective TMJ implant.
Burke v. American Heyer-Schulte [1994] O.J. No. 141 (Ont. Ct.(Gen. Div.)), aff'd [1997] O.J. No. 3925 (Ont. C.A.) (Q.L.).
Crawford v. The Corporation of the City of London [2000] O.J. No. 989 (Q.L.)., 47 O.R. (3d) 784.
Dabbs v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada (1997), 35 O.R. (3d) 269 (Ont. Ct. (Gen. Div.)).
Dabbs v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada (1997), 35 O.R. (3d) 708 (Ont. Ct. (Gen. Div.)).
Dabbs v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada (1998), 36 O.R. (3d) 770 (Ont. Ct. (Gen. Div.)).
Dabbs v. Sun life Assurance Co. of Canada [1998] O.J. No. 1598 (Ont. Ct. (Gen. Div.)), (QL).
Dabbs v. Sun life Assurance Co. of Canada (1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 429 (Ont. Ct. (Gen. Div.)), [1998] O.J. No. 3622 (Ont. C.A.); leave to S.C. denied.
Gariepy v. Shell Oil Co., [2000] O.J. No. 3804 (Ont. Sup. Crt) (Q.L.)
Haney Iron Works Ltd. v. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 169 D.L.R. (4th) 565.
Huras v. Primerica Financial Services Ltd. [2000] O.J. No. 1474 (Q.L.).
2001 - Settlement for class alleging breach of Employment Standards Act (failure to pay for mandatory training).
Huras v. Primerica Financial Services Ltd. [2000] O.J. No. 3772 (Ont. C.A.) (Q.L.).
Jones & Furneaux v. American Heyer-Schulte Corp.
1997/1998 - Settlement of Ontario/Quebec breast implant litigation. Total settlement value of approximately $22 million
Knowles v. Wyeth-Ayerst Canada Inc. et al.
2001 - Settlement of approximately $11.3 million for Canadians prescribed the diet drug Pondimin.
Kranjcec v. Ontario (2004) 69 O.R. (3d) 231 (S.C.J.).
2006 CarswellOnt 5535.
Life Assurance Co. of Canada (1997), 35 O.R. (3d) 269 (Ont. Ct. (Gen. Div.)).
Lewis & Week v. Shell Canada Ltd and Shell Canada Products Limited [2000] O.J. No. 1825 (Q.L.).
McCallum v. Royal Bank of Canada
1998 - Class action settlement affecting certain mortgage customers who were overcharged when they paid pre-payment penalties or mortgage payouts.
McDonald v. Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board [1999] O.J. No. 4231 (Ont. Sup. Crt). (QL)
McDonald v. Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board [2000] O.J. No. 5014 (Ont. Sup. Crt.).
McKrow v. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
1998 - National settlement of vanishing premium litigation. Total benefits estimated to be $91 million.
McNaughton Automotive Ltd. v. Co-operators General Insurance Co., (2003) 66 O.R. (3d) 112 (S.C.J.).
McRae v. Mutual of Omaha
2000 - National settlement of vanishing premium litigation.
Munro v. Bausch & Lomb Inc. et. al. (17 October 1997) (Ont. Ct. (Gen. Div.)) [unreported].
1997 - Three province settlement (Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia) with compensation of approximately $4 million available. This class action involved an alleged violation of the Business Practices Act as a result of the pricing of three types of contact lenses.
ONHWP v. General Electric et al.
2000 - Settlement for owners of mid-efficiency furnaces which used plastic venting. Total settlement value of approximately $10 million.
Reble v. Navistar International Corporation Canada
1998 - Settlement for non-union retirees whose post-retirement health benefits were reduced.
Serwaczek v. Medical Engineering Corporation and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, [1996] O.J. No. 3038 (Ont. Ct. (Gen Div)).
1995 - Settlement of Ontario/Quebec breast implant litigation. Total settlement value of approximately $29 million.
Schweyer v. Laidlaw Carriers Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 575 (Ont. S.C.J.).
Smith v. Krones Machinery Company Ltd.
1999 - Settlement for damages for wrongful dismissal resulting from mass termination.
Schweyer v. Laidlaw Carriers Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 575 (Ont. S.C.J.).
Smith et al v. The Corporation of the Municipality of Brockton, et al
2001 - for claims for residents of Walkerton, Ontario affected by Ecoli outbreak in water system.
Stone Paradise Inc. v. Bayer Inc. et. al
2005 CarswellOnt 8274
Sutherland v. Canadian Red Cross Society (1994), 17 O.R. (3d) 645 (Gen Div). (HIV case)
Tampa Hall v. CIBC (1998), 37 O.R. (3d) 150 (Ont. Ct. (Gen. Div.)).
Vitapharm Canada Ltd. v. F. Hoffmann-Laroche Ltd. [2000] O.J. No. 41 (Q.L.).
Vitapharm Canada Ltd. v. F. Hoffmann-Laroche Ltd. (2000) 48 O.R. (3d) 21 (Ont. Sup. Crt); O.J. No.1355 (Q.L.)
Vitapharm Canada Ltd. v. F. Hoffmann-Laroche Ltd. [2000] O.J. No. 4594 (Q.L.).
Vitapharm Canada Ltd. v. F. Hoffmann-Laroche Ltd. [2001] O.J. No. 237 (Ont. Sup. Ct) (Q.L.).
3969410 Canada Inc., c.o.b. as Park Avenue Hair Salon v. Atofina Chemicals Inc., et al.
2006 CarswellOnt 6686
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