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Overview of the application 500-06-000972-196

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Application stage:

Authorization - Application to the Superior Court for authorization to institute a class action

Courthouse:

Montréal

Date of filing of the application for authorization to institute a class action:

2019-01-24

File no.:

500-06-000972-196

Subject:

Droits de la personne; Responsabilité civile; Responsabilité de l'État; Santé, Produits pharmaceutiques et médicaux

This case concerns:

The “Montreal Experiments” refers to Donald Ewan Cameron’s methods of depatterning and repatterning the brain, including, but not limited to: (i) drug-induced sleep/coma, (ii) intensive electroconvulsive therapy (“ECT”), (iii) “psychic driving”, (iv) sensory deprivation, and (v) administration of various barbiturates, chemical agents and medications to suppress nerve functionality and activation;

Name of parties:

Tanny c. Royal Victoria Hospital et McGill University Health Centre et Attorney General of Canada et United States Attorney General

Description of the class instituting the class action:

All persons who underwent depatterning treatment at the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, Quebec, between 1948 and 1964 using Donald Ewan Cameron’s methods (the “Montreal Experiments”) and their successors, assigns, family members, and dependants or any other group to be determined by the Court;

Documents and proceedings:

Document Date of document
Application for authorization to institute a class action 2019-01-24
Reply 2019-02-12
Application for leave to adduce evidence 2025-01-30
Application for leave to adduce evidence 2025-01-30
Reply 2026-01-30

Counsels for the applicant:

Name E-mail Phone Adresse Name of Law Firm Website
Orenstein, Jeff [email protected] 514 266-7863 Extension: 2 1030 rue Berri, Suite 102, Montreal, Quebec, Canada , H2L 4C3 Consumer Law Group Inc. www.clg.org

Counsels for the defence:

Name E-mail Phone Adresse Name of Law Firm
Joanette-Laflamme, Andréane [email protected] 514 283-5841 200, boul. René-Lévesque Ouest, Montréal, Quebec, Canada , H2Z 1X4 Procureur général du Canada
Bahk, Sarom [email protected] 514 283-8618 200, boul. René-Lévesque Ouest, Montréal, Quebec, Canada , H2Z 1X4 Procureur général du Canada
Desjardins, Sandra [email protected] 514 842-7845 1250, boul. René-Lévesque O., 20e étage, Montréal, Quebec, Canada , H3B 4W8 Langlois Avocats

Application stage

1 - Authorization - Application to the Superior Court for authorization to institute a class action

Courthouse

Montréal

Date of filing of the application for authorization to institute a class action

2019-01-24

File no.

500-06-000972-196

Subject

Droits de la personne; Responsabilité civile; Responsabilité de l'État; Santé, Produits pharmaceutiques et médicaux

This case concerns

The “Montreal Experiments” refers to Donald Ewan Cameron’s methods of depatterning and repatterning the brain, including, but not limited to: (i) drug-induced sleep/coma, (ii) intensive electroconvulsive therapy (“ECT”), (iii) “psychic driving”, (iv) sensory deprivation, and (v) administration of various barbiturates, chemical agents and medications to suppress nerve functionality and activation;

Name of parties

Tanny c. Royal Victoria Hospital et McGill University Health Centre et Attorney General of Canada et United States Attorney General

All persons who underwent depatterning treatment at the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, Quebec, between 1948 and 1964 using Donald Ewan Cameron’s methods (the “Montreal Experiments”) and their successors, assigns, family members, and dependants or any other group to be determined by the Court;
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