Medical Device Litigation Trends In Canada And The U.S. (Video)

At BLG's annual medical device webinar on Nov. 28, 2022, BLG product litigators Keegan Boyd, Josiane Brault, Beverley Moore, Edona Vila, and Glenn Zakaib were joined by Lana Varney from King & Spalding LLP to discuss the current state of medical device litigation, considerations for handling medical device claims in Canada and the U.S., and predictions for future trends.

The current state of medical device litigation in Canada and the U.S.

In the common law jurisdictions, we continue to see lawsuits being filed against medical device manufacturers and distributors across the country as both class actions and individual claims.

Ontario has historically been one of the main jurisdictions where class actions are commenced. Given recent changes to class proceedings legislation, including in Ontario, we are seeing class actions move towards provinces with more favourable class actions legislation, such as B.C. and Québec.