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SURESTEP CLASS ACTION
1. The law firms of
Sutts, Strosberg LLP (Windsor and Toronto) and Koskie
Minsky LLP (Toronto) have agreed to act together to prosecute a
lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, LifeScan Inc. and LifeScan Canada Ltd.
on behalf of persons who purchased a SureStep home blood glucose monitor
manufactured before August 1997 and/or the related SureStep test strips
manufactured prior to March 1998.
2. The plaintiffs plead that these monitors and/or test strips were
dangerously defective devices which could cause personal injury, even death.
Because of the alleged defects in the monitors and test strips, their use in
measuring diabetics' blood glucose levels could produce grossly inaccurate
results.
3. The motion for certification of the lawsuit as a class action was
heard in Toronto on April 7 and 8, 2004. Mr. Justice Cullity certified the
action as a class proceeding; his reasons for decision may be reviewed
here. The certification order may be reviewed here.
4. The defendants unsuccessfully sought leave to appeal the
certification of the class action all the way up to the Supreme Court of
Canada.
5. On May 25, 2007, Mr. Justice Cullity ordered that notice of
certification of the class action be given to the Class and established an
August 31, 2007 deadline by which class members, who did not wish to be part of
the class, could opt out. The Notice of Certification may be reviewed
here.
6. On May 25, 2007, Mr. Justice Cullity also established a litigation
timetable. A copy of Justice Cullity's May 25, 2007 Order may be reviewed here.
7. On April 3, 2008, Mr. Justice Cullity amended the litigation
timetable. A copy of Justice Cullity's April 3, 2008 Order may be reviewed
here.
8. The parties are currently exchanging and reviewing relevant
documents. Upon completion, the parties will proceed to ask questions of each
other's representative under oath.
9. A similar class action brought on behalf of SureStep users in the
United States settled in November 2001. The defendants in that action have
agreed to pay the U.S. class members $45,000,000. The settlement does not
affect Canadian class members and the class action here, therefore, will
proceed.
10. If you have any further questions about this class action please
call our toll-free line at 1-888-723-4304.
11. If you would like to know how a class action works please
click here.
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