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Schools for the Deaf Class Action

Merchant Law Group LLP has launched Class Actions on behalf of affected Former Students regarding past sexual and physical abuse at Schools for the Deaf in the three prairie provinces.

“The Plaintiffs in these legal proceedings were sexually or physically abused, and these victims were children and unable to communicate meaningfully because their keepers refused to allow them to use American Sign Language and had a high degree of control over these students”, said Tony Merchant, Q.C. “Unfortunately, deaf children were ideal victims for this kind of abuse, imprisoned in a world with ineffectual communication and inadequate safeguards.”

The lawsuits seek financial compensation for affected Canadians who were abused while students at Schools for the Deaf in Alberta, Manitoba or Saskatchewan. Please note, filling out the form below creates no financial or legal obligation.

POUR LE SERVICE EN FRANCAIS AU SUJET DE CE RECOURS COLLECTIF (OU D’AUTRE RECOURS POTENTIEL), S.V.P. CONTACTER NOTRE BUREAU DE MONTREAL: MONTREAL@MERCHANTLAW.COM.

Merchant Law Group LLP has 10 offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six provinces. Merchant Law Group and Tony Merchant Q.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 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, Q.C., has a long history in pursuing public policy cases and is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.)

Tony Merchant, Q.C., has a long history of pursuing public policy cases and was an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.).














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