Price v. H. Lundbeck A/S

JurisdictionOntario
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
JudgePERELL, J.
Citation2018 ONSC 4333
Docket NumberCV-14-518698
Date16 July 2018

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19 practice notes
  • The commonality test in class action certification: the battleground of screening merits and fair process
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 19-1, December 2023
    • December 1, 2023
    ...(Canada) Inc, 2020 ONSC 128 at paras 32–36. 17 See Price v H Lundbeck A/S, 2022 ONSC 7160 at para 75 [Price]. 18 Price v H Lundbeck A/S, 2018 ONSC 4333 at para 82. 46 The Ca nadia n Cl ass aCTion R eview | volume 19 • no 1 b) Other Provinces Some of the common law provinces have followed th......
  • British Columbia v Apotex Inc.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 22, 2025
    ...Jensen FCA] that supports a two-step approach; see also, Bhangu v. Honda Canada Inc., 2021 BCSC 794 at para. 99; Price v. H Lundbeck A/S, 2018 ONSC 4333 at para. 82, rev'd on other grounds, 2020 ONSC 913 (Div. 586 Courts in British Columbia have generally not found it useful to split the co......
  • Trueman v Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 23, 2025
    ...the claim at trial. The evidence on certification must establish some “basis in fact” that common issues exist: Price v. H. Lundbeck A/S, 2018 ONSC 4333, at para. 83, rev'd on other grounds, 2020 ONSC 913, 51 C.P.C. (8th) 351 (Div. Ct.); Richard v. The Attorney General of Canada, 2024 ONSC ......
  • Williamson v. Johnson & Johnson
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • November 17, 2020
    ...not address answers that would advance the claims of all of the proposed class. [245] The defendants refer to Price v. H. Lundbeck A/S, 2018 ONSC 4333, rev’d on appeal 2020 ONSC 913 (Div. Ct.) [Price] for the proposition that absent common etiological factors explaining the causes of multip......
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  • British Columbia v Apotex Inc.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 22, 2025
    ...Jensen FCA] that supports a two-step approach; see also, Bhangu v. Honda Canada Inc., 2021 BCSC 794 at para. 99; Price v. H Lundbeck A/S, 2018 ONSC 4333 at para. 82, rev'd on other grounds, 2020 ONSC 913 (Div. 586 Courts in British Columbia have generally not found it useful to split the co......
  • Trueman v Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 23, 2025
    ...the claim at trial. The evidence on certification must establish some “basis in fact” that common issues exist: Price v. H. Lundbeck A/S, 2018 ONSC 4333, at para. 83, rev'd on other grounds, 2020 ONSC 913, 51 C.P.C. (8th) 351 (Div. Ct.); Richard v. The Attorney General of Canada, 2024 ONSC ......
  • Williamson v. Johnson & Johnson
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • November 17, 2020
    ...not address answers that would advance the claims of all of the proposed class. [245] The defendants refer to Price v. H. Lundbeck A/S, 2018 ONSC 4333, rev’d on appeal 2020 ONSC 913 (Div. Ct.) [Price] for the proposition that absent common etiological factors explaining the causes of multip......
  • Richard v The Attorney General of Canada
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 5, 2024
    ...to satisfy the requirements under ss. 5(1)(b) to (e) of the CPA. That test was summarized by Perell J. in Price v. H. Lundbeck A/S, 2018 ONSC 4333, rev'd on other grounds, 2020 ONSC 913 (Div. Ct.), at paras. 82-85: The purpose of a certification motion is to determine how the litigation is ......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • The Price Of Generality: Certification Denied
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 19, 2023
    ...Footnotes 1 Lundbeck was successful in this case at the initial certification motion back in 2018, Price v. H. Lundbeck A/S, 2018 ONSC 4333. It was subsequently sent back for a rehearing by the Divisional Court: Price v. H. Lundbeck A/S, 2020 ONSC 2 Frank McLaughlin, Brandon Kain, and Dorot......
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