by Christina El-Azzi | Feb 18, 2025 | Occupiers’ Liability, Tort
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...
by Fiona Brown | Dec 10, 2020 | Occupiers’ Liability
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...
by Shalini Thomas | Feb 20, 2020 | Occupiers’ Liability
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...
by Shalini Thomas | Oct 21, 2019 | Occupiers’ Liability
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...
by Fiona Brown | Jun 13, 2019 | Occupiers’ Liability
This action arises from a fall that occurred on January 14, 2014 on common property owned by the defendant Strata Plan LMS2286 (the “Strata”). Strata retained the defendant Markic Development & Restoration Ltd (“Markic”) to perform some remediation work on its...
by Shalini Thomas | Jun 13, 2019 | Occupiers’ Liability
Around 8 a.m. on an October day in 2015, the plaintiff drove to a strip mall that was operated and maintained by the defendant, Value Industries. She parked parallel to a curb outside of a Save on Foods store with the intention of walking up the wheelchair ramp to the...
