Many Canadians received a text message on Tuesday about a class action lawsuit against Rogers, and if you're one of them, don’t panic — it’s not a scam.

“It is legitimate,” said David Assor, an attorney with Lex Group, the firm behind the suit.

A Quebec court has indeed authorized a nationwide class action lawsuit against Rogers — which also operates Fido and Chatr — in relation to the major Apr. 19, 2021 outage. That means, the case is allowed to proceed.

Assor is the lead attorney behind the lawsuit. His team alleges that many Canadians suffered damages as a result of the outage: Some people may have incurred medical damages because they couldn’t access services like 9-1-1, while others who depend on their phones for work — delivery drivers, for example — may have lost income.

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