Schools for the Deaf National Class Proceedings

(updated February, 2008)

Merchant Law Group is launching Class Actions across Canada against Provincial Governments, regarding past sexual and physical abuse at Schools for the Deaf. "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."

We encourage former students to contact us by completing the form below or by email at tmerchant@merchantlaw.comfor additional information.Merchant Law Group LLP has 12 offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six Canadian provinces and an American state.

Merchant Law Group LLP has 12 offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six provinces and an American state. Tony Merchant, Q.C., and his firm are well known for pursuing class action lawsuits in Canada including litigation regarding Complete Contact Lens Solution,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, Zonolite 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.).

To pursue a claim for your own experiences or simply for more information, please complete the form below and a member of firm will contact you, or feel free to CALL OUR FIRM TOLL FREE AT 1 888 567 7777 TO CONTACT A LAWYER.

POUR LE SERVICE EN FRANCAIS, S.V.P. CONTACT NOTRE BUREAU: MONTREAL@MERCHANTLAW.COM.

PLEASE COMPLETE THE BELOW FORM OR CALL OUR FIRM AT 1 888 567 7777. PLEASE NOTE THAT PROVIDING YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW CREATES NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION FOR YOU.(Please note, providing your information creates no financial obligation for you. You are not charged any fee or cost for joining this class action - we are simply paid a contingency fee from the compensation recovered, if successful.)