The Plaintiff was injured during a hockey tournament when the Defendant assaulted him with a goalie stick. The Plaintiff sued for damages, claiming negligence against the owner of the arena complex, the tournament organizer and the pub operating in the arena complex...
What standard is expected of a driver confronted with an emergency situation? ONCA upholds a summary judgment motion ruling that a reactive driver was not negligent. The Ontario Court of Appeal recently upheld a summary judgment motion ruling that there was nothing...
In Wong V. Lui, the Court of Appeal for Ontario considered the interpretation of s. 15(4)(b) of the Limitations Act. Section 15(4)(b) of the Act provides that: 15 (4) The limitation period established by subsection (2) does not run during any time in which, (b)...
Is a school bus company making a bus available for an employee driver’s regular use “at the time of the accident”, if she is not allowed to use the bus at the time of an accident? In TD Insurance v. Dominion, the claimant worked for a school bus company, providing...
As Ontario’s auto insurance industry was waiting anxiously, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released an interesting decision on priority dispute notices to claimants. In Dominion v. Unifund, an accident benefits claimant was not notified of the priority dispute...
In this recent motion, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered the requirements for a party to succeed in obtaining what is otherwise privileged information. In Salamaszynski v Michael Garron Hospital, the Plaintiffs requested any correspondence between the...
