An application to launch a class-action lawsuit against the Residence Herron in Dorval, Que., where at least 30 people have died in the past month amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, has been filed in Quebec Superior Court.
Lead plaintiff Barbara Schneider, whose mother Mary died after contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, while at the long-term care facility, is asking permission to seek at least $2 million in punitive damages for what the proposed lawsuit claims is “inhumane and degrading maltreatment” of residents.
As part of the application, the plaintiff is also seeking $25,000 per resident in moral damages. It is also asking for $25,000 per family for residents who have died since March 13, when COVID-19 was declared