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The Alberta government recently introduced a bill that will make it much more difficult to obtain compensation from health facilities and professionals who provided negligent care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill is backed by the Alberta Continuing Care Association who lobbied the government to limit their liability following many deaths and several legal challenges against their members.
Bill 70, the COVID-19 Related Measures Act, would set a higher, more stringent standard for negligence claims brought against health facilities as a result of individuals contracting or being exposed to COVID-19. Under the bill, there can be no legal claim for injuries related to COVID-19 such as the loss of a parent or grandparent unless the facility failed to make “a good faith effort” to comply with public health laws and guidance and its conduct amounted to “gross negligence.”
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