BC Supreme Court begins hearing doctors’ class-action lawsuit

Abstract

M adam Justice Elaine Adair of the BC Supreme Court has begun hearing a class-action lawsuit involving 7000 doctors, including the province's former health minister, who are trying to recover fees they claim British Columbia owes them. Dr. James Halvorson, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, is suing the Medical Services Commission over fees the doctors say they should have received from 1992 to 1996, when the province cancelled the enrolment of BC residents who did not pay Medical Service Plan premiums.