Lawsuits against Child Welfare victimsrightslaw.ca/LawsuitagainstChildWelfare.html Child Welfare Lawsuits If you were injured because of Alberta Child Welfare, you may have a potential lawsuit against the Government. Some different scenarios include: •Child Welfare not apprehending you and protecting you from abuse, when they ought to have •Child Welfare apprehending you and keeping you from your family when they should not have •Child Welfare apprehending you and then allowing you to be abused or neglected •Child Welfare failing to protect your legal rights Because there are thousands of children in Alberta that were injured and have lawsuits against Child Welfare, we started 2 Class Action Lawsuits against Child Welfare What is a class action? When people have a common claim, they can group together to fight the same defendant (in this case, Child Welfare). This way, it is easier and less expensive to fight even the most powerful defendants (i.e. the government) Class Action #1: Failure to protect legal rights class action The Failure to protect legal rights class action has already been approved to be a class action. Therefore, this lawsuit will apply to everyone who fits into it, unless you specifically decide that you do not want to be in a lawsuit. The Lawsuit applies to anyone who was injured and had a possible lawsuit, but Child Welfare did not do anything to protect your legal rights to sue. This lawsuit also applies to people who were the victim of a crime, child welfare knew that you were a victim of a crime, but Child Welfare did not do anything to help you to apply for crimes compensation benefits. Almost everyone who ever was taken into the care of child welfare was a victim of some crime, so almost everyone who ever was in child welfare could be part of this class action. Class Action Updates: At what stage is the Class Action Now? The class action has been approved. We will soon be asking employees of child welfare why they failed to protect the child welfares childrens legal rights. How long until we settle the Class Action? Expect that the class action will take years to complete. What are the next steps of the Class Action? After the child welfare employees have been questionned we will obtain expert reports and prepare for trial. Notice of Certification Your Role: For now, we are only taking names of people who may qualify for the Class Action. Educate yourself about the class action against Child Welfare. If you know anybody that you think may qualify please refer them to our office. Not sure if you qualify? Please click here, print and fill out this brief questionnaire and mail into our office. Someone form the office will contact you shortly to let you know if you qualify for the Class Action lawsuit against Child Welfare. There are 3 law firms that are prosecuting this class action. They are: •Robert P. Lee Old Strathcona Law Offices 7904-103 Street Edmonton, AB T6E 6C3 (780) 438-4972 •David Klein kleinlyons Klein Lyons Suite 1100 1333 West Broadway Vabcouver B.C V6H 4C1 (604) 874-7171 •Clint Docken docken Docken & Co. 900, 800-6th Ave. SW Calgary, AB T2P 3G3 (403) 269-3612 _____________________________________________________ Class Action #2: The kidnapping class action The kidnapping class action applies to almost anyone who was ever in the care of Alberta Child Welfare after 1985. The kidnapping class action is for anyone who was taken and kept in the care of Child Welfare illegally. For Child Welfare to legally obtain custody over a child, they had to follow the law. Becasue of the negligence of Child Welfare, in many instances, thousands of times, Child Welfare did not follow the proper procedures, so they did not have legal custody over the child that they apprehended. One of the main mistakes the Child Welfare made is that they did not prepare and file a service plan for children. All children and the parents of children who were in the care of child welfare illegally, can sue Child Welfare. The Kidnapping Class Action has not yet been approved to be a Class Action. An application to have it approved as a Class Action should be completed by the middle of 2012.
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 14:30:54 +0000
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