Notice to Former Students of the Newfoundland School for the Deaf
Re: 2009 01T 4175 CP – John Doe (G.E.B. #130) et al v. Her Majesty the Queen
Please be advised that this class action will be discontinued as of June 18th, 2018. This class action was commenced in Newfoundland and Labrador in September, 2009 by Merchant Law Group LLP on behalf of all individuals who attended the Newfoundland School for the Deaf in Fort Pepperell in 1964, in Torbay between 1965 and 1987, and in St. John’s between 1987 to present in a claim for personal injury, including general damages for non pecuniary loss, loss of the amenities of life, emotional, mental, physical, and psychological damage, loss of earnings and earning capacity, and special damages, arising from abuse by staff and students, as well as aggravated, exemplary, and punitive damages, with damages aggregated where appropriate, and pre judgment interest. The action was commenced using the true names of the representative Plaintiffs. The representative Plaintiffs were permitted to continue the action using pseudonyms pursuant to an Order of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, Trial Division dated December 15, 2016. No application has been made to certify the class action in Newfoundland and Labrador. Counsel for the class (now Budden & Associates) feel that a class action is not the most appropriate way to bring this action, and propose that bringing individual actions on behalf of putative class members is the most effective way to proceed. Class counsel applied for and was granted an Order to discontinue the class action subject to the provision of notice to putative class members. If you attended the Newfoundland School for the Deaf and think you may have a claim, you should consult a lawyer as soon as possible prior to June 18th, 2018. As of June 18th, 2018, you may lose your right to pursue a claim by operation of the Limitations Act, SNL 1995, c L-16.1. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact counsel for the putative class, Mr. Geoffrey E. Budden of Budden & Associates, via www.buddenlaw.com or at 709-576-0077.