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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Legionnaires' Disease Class Action Suit Seeks $600M

From CTV.ca:
A class action lawsuit seeking $600 million in damages has been launched on behalf of a man who became ill following the deadly outbreak of legionnaires' disease in an East Toronto nursing home.

Gerald Glover, 58, was infected with legionnaires' disease earlier this month during the outbreak at the Seven Oaks Home for the Aged in Scarborough.

His family is baffled because Glover lives in a building across the parking lot from the home, and they say he hasn't even been in Seven Oaks...
More on Legionnaires' Disease here.

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