Ontario's Court of Appeal is allowing a class-action lawsuit to proceed against the minister of long-term care for alleged negligence regarding the government's response to COVID-19.
Previous cases have affirmed that their mandates are to act in the general public interest and are not geared to “the protection of the interests of specific individuals,” whereas the Long-Term Care Homes Act is aimed at protecting long-term care residents, the court wrote. A spokesperson for Long-Term Care Minister Stan Cho, who has held the cabinet post since September, said he could not comment on the case in particular, but said the office spent $85 million on infection prevention and control and followed the advice of the chief medical officer of health.
It has been 10 days since Sudbury city councillor Michael Vagnini, 62, vanished without a trace and now search efforts are being focused on the Moonglo area of town.A Michigan jury on Tuesday convicted the mother of a teenager who fatally shot four classmates at a high school near Detroit of manslaughter after prosecutors argued she bore responsibility because she and her husband gave their son a gun and ignored warning signs of violence.
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