Nova Scotia Health has filed a statement of defence with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in response to a lawsuit filed by the family of Allison Holthoff, who died after waiting hours for treatment at a hospital in Amherst, N.S., late last year.
The family of a 37-year-old woman who died after waiting hours for treatment at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in Amherst, N.S., on Dec. 31, 2022, is suing the province s health authority in order to get answers into her death.
The family of a woman who died after waiting several hours for care in an emergency room in Amherst, N.S., is suing the province's health authority. The health authority denies negligence and wants the lawsuit dismissed with costs.
A proposed class-action lawsuit recently filed in Nova Scotia could see some former inmates seeking compensation for a prison practice that will soon be illegal in Canada. Dry cells are used when guards suspect an inmate of swallowing contraband or hiding it in a body cavity.