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A large Canadian grocery chain has settled its class-action lawsuit for much more than it would have cost to have handled the situation without angering customers in the first place. 
 
In the summer of 2002, an employee in the produce section of one of the Toronto stores came down with Hepatitis A, prompting a health scare. Two customers caught the disease (and will be compensated separately) but thousands stood in the hot sun for hours, waiting for vaccinations. Loblaws at the time refused any compensation but will now pay $150 to anyone who consulted a health care professional, plus court costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Loblaws settles hepatitis lawsuit

Toronto Star - 4/20/2006 4:04 AM

Four years after an employee of a west Toronto Loblaws store was diagnosed with hepatitis A — prompting a large-scale health scare and sending 19,000 people to get vaccinations — Canada's largest supermarket chain has agreed to compensate affected customers.
 
The proposed deal is worth $150 to anyone who received a hepatitis A vaccine, or consulted their doctor, as a precaution after public health officials disclosed the employee's condition to the public. It could cost Loblaws and its insurers at
 
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