The lawsuit alleges Ontario breached its duties adults with developmental disabilities by failing to properly manage its wait lists
Ontario’s top court has restored class action status to a lawsuit that alleges the province has placed people with developmental disabilities on unreasonable wait lists for government supports after they turn 18.
The lawsuit, which accuses the province of harm-causing negligence, seeks $110 million in damages and asks for a declaration that the government has failed adults assessed as eligible for help but who have instead been placed on unreasonable wait lists. The original statement of claim alleged the teen had access to necessary support through one government department as a child, but that was “arbitrarily and unreasonably” discontinued after she turned 18.
The suit alleges the province breached its duties to Leroux and other adults with developmental disabilities by failing to properly manage its wait lists, forcing Leroux’s relatives to assume her care at their own expense.
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