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$10 Million Dollar Class Action

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

A class-action lawsuit in the sum of $10 million dollars has been launched against Longhorn Custom Bodyart Studio, a tattoo parlour in Oshawa. A routine health inspection by Durham officials revealed that the equipment used to sterilize was malfunctioned.

Almost, 2400 possible patrons between the period November 2006 to August 2007 were notified and advised to get tested for blood-borne diseases such as HIV.

The lawsuit was filed in Whitby, this Monday on behalf of local Oshawa resident, Kaleb Beaulieu who received a tattoo from the parlour in July of this year. The lawsuit has yet to be certified as a class-action by the court as required by Ontario law.

The Toronto Star revealed that from the 530 tests that have been received so far all are negative.

If in fact a patron of the parlour did contract a blood-borne disease such as, HIV the damages will be significant. Nonetheless, there is no monetary compensation that can ever be adequate for an individual who contracted a life threatening illness because of the negligence of someone else.