*** Mikel Pearce is a contributor of this article. In the wake of COVID-19, several class action lawsuits emerged against various insurers in Canada with respect to the scope of business interruption coverage. The issues are nuanced and depend on the specific policy...
It seems like you can get anything delivered these days: pizza, clothing, cosmetics, groceries, alcohol – the list is endless. Most people making these deliveries are using their personal vehicles. Yet how many people are informing their insurers of the business...
The Ontario Court of Appeal has found that an insurer does not have a duty to defend a privacy class action, or an associated third party claim stemming from the disclosure of an allegedly defamatory report authored by the Family and Children Services of Lanark...
In a recent decision, an Ontario court found that an insurer has a duty to defend a “software developer” in a U.S. action alleging copyright infringement. In the U.S. action, the insured was alleged to be the head of a group of hackers which sold subscriptions for...
This priority dispute/coverage case has an unusual set of facts. The claimant was involved in a single vehicle accident in Nunavut while working in Nunavut. The vehicle she was driving at the time was owned and insured in Nunavut. However, the claimant was from...
In a recent decision an Ontario court found that an insurer has a duty to defend both the main action and a third party claim in a privacy class action stemming from the disclosure of an allegedly defamatory report authored by the Family and Children Services of...
