Pretty stunning since the max payouts under the tainted blood class action were about $250,000.
Victims of Canada’s tainted blood scandal to share $207M compensation fund surplus
I don't know that the wife actually thought he was rich or was to become rich. I think the guy is a little on the paranoid side and he might not be the most accurate story teller. He still has an axe to grind against his wife.
Did this settlement include those that got AIDS? This one sounds like it is just the Hepatitis C one. Unfortunately, I know at least 2 people that got Hep C during that time, one being my step-daughters best friend who needed a blood transfusion shortly after being born. I recall her (or her parents) getting some payments, but I never thought they were that large. JMO