The Quebec Court of Appeal renders a landmark decision regarding prescription drug manufacturers’ duty to warn
In a judgment rendered on May 8, 2019, the Quebec Court of Appeal[1] upheld a Superior Court decision[2] dismissing a class action in which the plaintiffs alleged that a manufacturer failed to provide sufficient information as to the risks of a prescription drug. This was the first time that the Court of Appeal considered the merits of a class action regarding a drug manufacturer’s duty to warn.