A hired welder, working on a 12-foot ladder, was sent plummeting to the ground after his machinery malfunctioned. The decision in Pereira v Yaya Foods Corporation, 2024 ONSC 6585, surveyed the legal fallout of that incident and serves as a fascinating lesson in...
Authored for and Published in CICMA March 2019 Newsletter. Your child has been invited to her best friend’s birthday party at Charlie’s Pizza Palace. You drop her off at the party. Before you can leave to enjoy the next two hours of freedom, the clerk at Charlie’s...
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has highlighted the need to carefully examine the circumstances surrounding a slip and fall, as not every injury means that someone is liable. In Martin v. AGO et al, a lawyer (the “Plaintiff”) was walking into a courthouse and...
Ontario has passed a Bill that will require written notice before a personal injury claim, caused by a slip and fall in snow or ice, can be made. Bill 118 has been enacted as Chapter 33 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2020. The Bill amends the Occupiers’ Liability Act to...
Around 2 a.m. on a June 2011 night, the plaintiff decided to go skateboarding on an unlit recreational path at the South Humber Park for a cardio workout. He was not wearing a helmet or any protective gear. He was sober, alone and did not have a flashlight. He was...
In February 2015, the plaintiff, a 66-year old contractor, fell from a ladder while working at premises leased by the defendant corporation, Crème. The fall resulted in him suffering catastrophic injures and requiring round-the-clock care at a care facility. Medical...
