R-2.2.0.0.1 - Tobacco-related Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act

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20. Defendants who are parties to an action brought on a collective basis are solidarily liable for the health care costs set by the court
(1)  if the failure to abide by the rules of conduct to which the defendants are bound in respect of the persons in Québec who have been or might become exposed to a type of tobacco product involved in the action is common to all of them; or
(2)  if, because of the common failure, at least one of the defendants is found liable for the health care costs set by the court.
2009, c. 34, s. 20.