Disease risk for nurses beyond duty of care of Ontario government: Court

Ontario government had no special duty of care to nurses during SARS crisis, Ontario Court of Appeal says in dismissing class action lawsuit

The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed a class action suit brought by registered nurses following the 2003 SARS outbreak in Ontario. Two nurses died and many fell ill from SARS after contracting it on the job while caring for patients during the outbreak.

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