By Loretta Merritt ( April 21, 2020, 8:20 AM EDT) -- The certification of historical institutional abuse cases as class actions began with the Rumley v. British Columbia 2001 SCC 69 in British Columbia. There, the court certified a class action for abuse survivors from the Jericho Hill School for the Deaf. The case was ultimately settled for compensation of up to a maximum of $125,000 per class member....