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Premarin® / Premplus® Class Action

August 25, 2023 Update

A Canada-wide Premarin® / Premplus® proposed class action settlement has been reached with the defendant drug manufacturer and is currently awaiting a Court Approval Ruling. To date, no Settlement Approval Decision has yet been released by the Court [and it is not unusual for such Court Decisions to be ‘on reserve’ for six to eight months].

IF YOU WISH TO JOIN THE CONTACT LIST FOR THIS CLASS ACTION OR TO SIMPLY GET MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE COMPLETE THE BELOW FORM. (Please note, providing your information creates no financial obligation for you.)

POUR UN SERVICE EN FRANÇAIS AU SUJET DE CE RECOURS COLLECTIF, S.V.P. REMPLIR LE FORMULAIRE CI-DESSOUS OU CONTACTER NOTRE BUREAU DE MONTRÉAL: MONTREAL@MERCHANTLAW.COM

 
 

January 2023 Update

NOTICE OF EXPANDED AUTHORIZATION AND HEARING TO APPROVE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND TO APPROVE CLASS COUNSEL FEES

If you purchased, ingested or consumed Premarin® or Premplus® products and were subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer, your legal rights could be affected by a proposed national class action settlement. The Court has not yet decided whether to approve the proposed settlement but if you are included in the settlement, your rights may be impacted. A hearing to approve the proposed settlement and Class Counsel Fees has been scheduled for April 11, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. in Montréal.

 

For more information on benefits that may be available to you as a Class Member, the approval process, how to “opt-out” of the Settlement, or how to make comments on or object to the Settlement, or to obtain a copy of the Settlement Agreement, please refer to the notices below:



AVIS DE L’AUTORISATION ÉLARGIE ET D’AUDIENCE POUR L’APPROBATION DE L’ENTENTE DE RÈGLEMENT PROPOSÉE ET POUR L’APPROBATION DES HONORAIRES DES AVOCATS DU GROUPE

 

Si vous avez acheté, ingéré ou consommé des produits Premarin® ou Premplus® au Canada et avez subséquemment reçu un diagnostic de cancer du sein, vos droits pourraient être affectés par une entente de règlement national proposée. Le Tribunal n’a pas encore approuvé l’entente de règlement proposée, mais si vous faites partie de cette entente de règlement, vos droits pourraient être affectés. Une audition pour l’approbation de l’entente de règlement et des honoraires des Avocats du Groupe a été fixée pour le 11 avril, 2023 à 9h30 à Montréal.

 

Pour toute information supplémentaire sur les bénéfices qui pourraient vous être disponibles à titre de  Membre du Groupe, le processus d’approbation de l’entente de règlement, le processus d’exclusion ou comment formuler des commentaires ou objection à l’Entente de Règlement, ou pour obtenir une copie de l’Entente de Règlement, veuillez-vous référer aux avis ci-dessous :



Merchant Law Group LLP has 10 offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six provinces. Merchant Law Group LLP and Tony Merchant, K.C. are well known for pursuing class action lawsuits in Canada including litigation regarding Winners/HomeSense, Various Cellular Phone Fees, BCE Dividends, GM Gasket Manifolds, Hip Implants, Lead Paint in Toys (and similar consumer products), Maple Leaf, Celebrex/Bextra, Vioxx, Sony, Residential Schools and various other cases. Tony Merchant, K.C. is known to be one of Canada’s most active litigators with more than 600 reported cases in leading Caselaw Journals, having argued thousands of cases before the Canadian and American Courts, in Trial and Administrative Courts, and the Courts of Appeal of various American and Canadian jurisdictions, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Tony Merchant, K.C., has a long history in pursuing public policy cases and is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.)

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