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The chief justice of the Court of King's Bench has approved a $17 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that alleged decades of physical and sexual abuse of psychiatric patients at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in northern New Brunswick.

A judge will decide by the end of October whether to approve a proposed $17-million class-action lawsuit settlement in a case that alleged decades of patient mistreatment at New Brunswick's only psychiatric hospital.

A proposed $17-million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit alleging decades of negligence and mistreatment of psychiatric patients at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in northern New Brunswick, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs.

New Brunswick's Court of Appeal won't hear a challenge of a judge's decision to allow a major class action lawsuit alleging decades of negligence and mistreatment at the Restigouche Hospital Centre to proceed.

The New Brunswick government and Vitalité Health Network are seeking to appeal a judge's decision last month certifying a class action lawsuit alleging decades of mistreatment at the Restigouche Hospital Centre.

Hearing underway to decide if Restigouche Hospital Centre class action can proceed A hearing began this week to determine if a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of patients at the Restigouche Hospital Centre alleging decades of negligence can proceed to trial. Social Sharing

Posted: Apr 29, 2021 1:59 PM AT | Last Updated: April 29 A judge will now decide whether a class action lawsuit alleging decades of wrongdoing at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton will proceed to trial. (Radio Canada) A judge says she will decide before Labour Day whether a proposed class action lawsuit alleging decades of negligence and mistreatment at the Restigouche Hospital Centre can proceed. A statement of claim naming the New Brunswick government and Vitalité Health Netw...