SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: Sweetland v. Glaxosmithkline Inc., 2014 NSSC 216
Date: 20140709
Docket: Hfx No. 315567
Registry: Halifax
Between:
Albert Carl Sweetland and The Estate of Mary Agnes Addicott,
Mary Patricia Addicott-Andrews, Audrey Leone Addicott Nguyen,
Ruthanne Tobin, Paul Allen Addicott, John Wendell
Addicott,
Julian Leigh Andrews, by her Litigation Guardian Mary
Patricia Addicott
Andrews, Jeffrey Paul Addicott, Justine Lynn Addicott,
Shenoa Lee Matheson, Connor Tobin, Shawn Andrew
Addicott,
Jordyn Ayres, by her Litigation Guardian Mary Patricia
Addicott
Andrews, and Lynda Trottier, by her Litigation
Guardian Mary Patricia
Addicott Andrews
Plaintiffs
v.
Glaxosmithkline Inc., Glaxosmithkline PLC, Glaxosmithkline
Services Unlimited and Smithkline Beecham Corporation
Defendants
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Michael J. Wood
Heard: May 21, 2014, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Written Decision: July 9, 2014
Subject: Class Proceedings - Certification Motion - Evidence
Summary: Defendants brought motions to strike out report attached to an affidavit to be filed on certification motion. Defendants also sought limited disclosure of representative plaintiffs’ medical records.
Issue: Was the report admissible on the certification motion?
Should disclosure of medical records be ordered?
Result: Report was clearly not admissible, nor was it relevant to issues on the certification motion. Exhibit to affidavit struck.
Limited disclosure of medical information was ordered.
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