After hearing 138 days of evidence, allowing for 4 months of written submissions and approximately 8 days of oral closing submissions in a trial of the common issues in Andersen v. St. Jude Medical Inc., a class action brought on behalf of a class of persons implanted with allegedly defective heart valves, Justice Lax of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, on Tuesday, released a 222 page decision dismissing the action. The decision touches on a number of important issues and a more detailed discussion on this decision will follow. Our blog post on the mid-trial decision relating to expert evidence can be found here.
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