Update: December 17, 2024
The Settlement Fund cheques for Class Members have been be mailed today. Thank you for your patience throughout this process.
Update: November 26, 2024
The Settlement Fund cheques for Class Members are prepared and ready to be mailed. As soon as the Canada Post strike is concluded we will mail out the cheques to the Class Members.
Update: November 18, 2024
We are now in receipt of the Settlement Funds from the Western Health Authority. We have begun the process of printing the cheques to be sent to Class Members. We aim to complete this task by Friday, November 22, 2024. As soon as the Canada Post Strike is concluded we will mail out the cheques to the Class Members.
Update: November 6, 2024
We have been advised by the Western Health Authority that we will be in receipt of the Settlement Funds in the next 2 to 3 weeks. Once funds are received we will be in a position to mail out the settlement cheques. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Update: September 20, 2024
Settlement Approval
On September 18, 2024 the Application for Settlement Approval was approved in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, General Division – Corner Brook before the Honourable Justice Peter Browne. To view the Order Sanctioning Settlement please click here.
We hope to be distributing funds in the next 4-6 weeks.
In August 2012 letters were sent to 1043 individuals from Western Health advising them that their personal health information had been inappropriately accessed by an employee.
A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit.
For details, please see the Notice of Proposed Settlement (PDF) and FAQ (PDF). Further information is available below.
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