What is the current state of the law on intervener status in a personal injury case?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Alberta Veterinary Medical Assn. v. Pequin, 2002 ABQB 115 (CanLII):
The situation is not unlike that faced by our Court of Appeal in Mackie v. Wolfe, [1995] A.J. 638 where a group of persons diagnosed with fibromyalgia applied for intervener status in an appeal of a claim for damages based on the existence of fibromyalgia in a claimant. Their application was refused.
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