David Klein
Barrister & Solicitor
Landmark Cases
| Member of the British Columbia (1992), Ontario (1980) and Washington State (1995) Bars. |
| Appeared as Counsel in the Superior Courts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland & Labrador, and The Yukon. |
Significant Cases
Plaintiffs’ counsel in the first class action certified in British Columbia (Harrington v. Dow Corning Corp.), the first class action certified in Newfoundland & Labrador (Pardy v. Bayer) and the first class action certified in Manitoba (Walls v. Bayer).
Landmark Cases
| Harrington v. Dow Corning Corp. (silicone breast implants) (1996), 22 B.C.L.R. (3d) 97 (S.C.) (1997) 29 B.C.L.R. (3d) 88 (S.C.) (1999), 64 B.C.L.R. (3d) 332 2000 BCCA 605 2002 BCSC 511 |
| Killough v. Canadian Red Cross Society (hepatitis C tainted blood) 1998 CanLII 5877 (B.C.S.C.) 2001 BCSC 1060 2007 BCSC 836 |
| Sawatzky v. Societe Chirurgicale Instrumentarium Inc. (defective jaw implants) (1999) 71 B.C.L.R. (3d) 51 |
| Fischer v. Delgratia Mining Corp. (securities misrepresentation) 1999 CanLII 3220 (BC S.C.) |
| Pausche v. B.C. Hydro et al. (hydro dam flood) 2000 BCSC 1556 |
| Delf v. Merit Energy Ltd. (securities misrepresentation), 10 July 2000, Calgary Action No. 0001-01899 (Alta. Q.B.) |
| Knudsen v. Consolidated Food Brands Inc. (e-coli outbreak from tainted meat products) 2001 BCSC 1837 |
| Pearson v. Boliden Ltd. (securities misrepresentation) 2001 BCSC 1054 |
| Wilson v. Servier Canada Inc. (harmful diet drugs — Pondamin and Redux) 2005 CanLII 7128 (ON S.C.) |
| Dalhuisen v. Maxim’s Bakery Ltd. (salmonella food poisoning outbreak) 2002 BCSC 528 2002 BCSC 1146 |
| Williams v. College Pension Board of Trustees (pension surplus) 2003 BCSC 1308 2005 BCSC 788 |
| Andrews v. Air Canada and Air Canada Regional Inc. dba AirBC (retiree benefits), 26 February 2003, Vancouver Registry S014582 (B.C.S.C.) |
| Fakhri v. Alfalfa’s Canada Inc. (c.o.b. Capers Community Markets) (hepatitis A food poisoning outbreak) 2003 BCSC 1717 2004 BCCA 549 2005 BCSC 1123 |
| Lamb v. Bayer Inc. (defective cholesterol medication – Baycol) 2003 SKQB 442 |
| Young v. Shell Canada Ltd. (faulty fuel additive), 12 December 2003, Vancouver Registry L021060 (B.C.S.C.) |
| Pinkson v. Shell Canada Ltd. (faulty fuel additive), [2004] O.J. No. 42 |
| Lieberman v. Business Development Bank of Canada (pension surplus) 2005 BCSC 389 2005 BCCA 268 2006 BCSC 242 2006 BCCA 300 2006 BCCA 363 2009 BCSC 1312 |
| Pardy v. Bayer Inc. (defective cholesterol medication – Baycol) 2005 NLCA 20 |
| Walls v. Bayer Inc. (defective cholesterol medication – Baycol) 2005 MBQB 3 2005 MBCA 93 |
| Knight v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited (deceptive marketing of light cigarettes) 2005 BCSC 172 2006 BCCA 235 2007 BCSC 964 2009 BCSC 339 |
| Rideout v. Health Labrador Corp. (failure to sterilize medical instruments) 2005 NLTD 116 |
| Ruddell v. B.C. Rail Ltd. (pension surplus) 2005 BCSC 1504 |
T.L. v. Alberta (Director of Child Welfare) (failure to make injury claims) |
| Jeffery v. Nortel Networks (securities misrepresentation) 2007 BCSC 69 |
| Bellan v. Curtis et al. (securities misrepresentation) 2007 MBQB 221 |
| Birrell v. Providence Health Care Society (failure to sterilize transplant tissue) 2007 BCSC 668 2009 BCCA 109 |
| Richard v. HMTQ (institutional abuse of disabled children) 2007 BCSC 1107 2008 BCSC 1275 2009 BCCA 77 |
| Stanway v. Wyeth Canada Inc. (hormone replacement therapy) 2008 BCSC 847 2009 BCCA 592 |
| Chalmers v. AMO Canada Company (contaminated contact lens solution) 2009 BCSC 689 |
| Doucette v. Eastern Health (inaccurate cancer tests) 2010 NLTD 29 |
| Schroeder v. DJO Canada (pain pumps) 2010 SKQB 125 |