Our Team

Krista Groen

Partner

Clerk: Leeann Lunter
519.279.0320 x 320
llunter@sbalawyers.ca

Assistant: Diane Drepaul
416.679.2781 x 236
ddrepaul@sbalawyers.ca

Krista grew up in a sleepy rural village north of Toronto, which naturally meant that she watched a lot of movies growing up. The daughter of a Dutch farmer, Krista knows her way around the vast fields of insurance law. She has developed an inexplicable penchant for recalling names of famous people. Along with recalling useless celebrity details, Krista demonstrates an impressive recall of important cases on discrete issues faced by her clients. It also makes her a stellar movie trivia competitor. And not just for movies about farming.

Krista is a dedicated but pragmatic advocate for her clients, primarily in the realm of bodily injury claims including commercial general liability and automobile claims. Although she aspired to be an Olympic figure skater at a young age, instead she was just carried by an Olympic torch-bearer for a few metres in the lead-up to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

Primary Practice Areas

Premises Liability Claims
Automobile Bodily Injury Claims
Loss Transfer and Priority Disputes

Professional Achievements and Leadership

Founding Partner, Strigberger Brown Armstrong LLP (2018)
Best Lawyers in Canada, Personal Injury Litigation (2021 to date)
Young Insurance Professional of the Year Award Finalist, Young Insurance Professionals of Toronto (2018)
Board Member, Professional Development Committee, Ontario Bar Association (2015 to 2016)
President, Continuing Legal Education Committee – Young Lawyers Committee, Ontario Bar Association, (2014 to 2016)

Notable Matters

L.L. v. Travelers Insurance, (Licence Appeal Tribunal), 2024 CanLII 2642
Mathew v. Economical Insurance, (Licence Appeal Tribunal), 2023 CanLII 119802
Ofori-Duodu v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company, (Licence Appeal Tribunal), 2023 CanLII 26950
Certas Direct Insurance Company v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (2022), Private Arbitration Decision of Philippa Samworth (Priority Dispute)
Amaral et al. v. Covent Garden Market et al., (Superior Court of Justice), 2022 ONSC 3099
Bader and Echelon Insurance, (Licence Appeal Tribunal), 2021 CanLII 111051
Gill and Travelers Insurance Company of Canada, (Licence Appeal Tribunal), 2021 CanLII 37845
A.A.J. and Echelon General Insurance Company, (Licence Appeal Tribunal), 2020 CanLII 45489
P.W. and Economical Insurance, (Licence Appeal Tribunal), 2019 CanLII 110114
M.K. v. Waterloo Insurance, (Licence Appeal Tribunal) 2017 CanLII 87150; (Reconsideration), 2019 CanLII 9627
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (2017), Private Arbitration Decision of Vance Cooper (Priority Dispute)
Pastore v. Aviva Canada Inc. (Court of Appeal), 2012 ONCA 642
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Federated Insurance Company of Canada (2012), Private Arbitration Decision of Shari Novick (Loss Transfer Dispute)
Aviva Canada Inc. v. Pastore (Superior Court of Justice – Divisional Court), 2011 ONSC 2164
Primmum Insurance Company v. Allstate Insurance Company (Court of Appeal), 2010 ONCA 756, leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada dismissed, 2011 CanLII 28539
Bishop v. Unifund, (Superior Court of Justice, Small Claims Court), 2011, (Unreported)
Momcilovich v. Dobberstein (Superior Court of Justice), 2008, (Unreported)
Saunders v. CN Rail, (Superior Court of Justice, Small Claims Court), 2008, (Unreported)

Thought Leadership

Publications

Various SBA LLP blogs, primary on the subject of Occupiers’ Liability Claims
Damages in Family Law Act Claims, Articles (March 2022)
Deductibility of Collateral Benefits form Tort Damages Awards, Article (October 2019)
Loss Transfer Update on 2017 Decisions, Bill 59 and Bill 198 Tort Threshhold Cases, Co-Author with Louise Kanary et al.
No Direct Impact? Still No “Leapfrogging” (Blog)

Presentations

Speaker, “Occupiers’ Liability Case Law Update”, Webinar, October 2, 2024
Speaker, “A Review of Key Automobile Cases Impacting Claims Handling”, Ontario Mutual Insurance Association, May 14, 2024
Speaker, “Rental Vehicles: Bill 188 and Priority”, Seminar, July 2023
Speaker, “Anatomy of a Trial: The New Essentials”, Ontario Bar Association, June 2023
Speaker, “Occupiers’ Liability Act Amendment Update”, Webinar, Mary 2022
Speaker, “Family Law Act Damages: The Impact of the Moore decision”, Seminar, October 2021 and March 2022
Speaker, “Uninsured, Unidentified, Underinsured and the OPCF44R Family Protection Endorsement”, Seminar, June 2021
Speaker, “Occupiers’ Liability Act Amendments”, Seminar, February 2021
Speaker, “Deductibility of Collateral Benefits from Tort Damage Awards”, Ontario Bar Association, October 2019
Speaker, “The Legal Side of the Moon: Liability Arising from Cyber Breaches”, Cyber Tech & Risk Cyber Resilience Seminar, November 2018
Speaker, “Liability Implications of Bullying and Cyberbullying on Homeowners’ Insurance Policies”, Ontario Mutual Insurance Association, November 2018
Speaker, “Attendant Care Benefits and the New FSCO Bulletin”, Seminar, May 2018
Speaker, “Collateral Benefits in the Wake of Intact v. Marianayagam”, Seminar, April 2018
Speaker, “Medical Marijuana and the Impact on Statutory Accident Benefit Claims”, Seminar, March 2018
Speaker, “The Threshold”, Ontario Mutual Insurance Association, September 2017
Co-Chair, Boot Camp, Canadian Defence Lawyers, September 2017
Speaker, “Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule Amendments”, Canadian Defence Lawyers, March 2017

Professional Memberships

A Call to Action Canada-Diversity in the Legal Profession
Insurance Institute of Ontario (GTA Chapter)
Canadian Defence Lawyers
Ontario Insurance Adjuster’s Association (Social Member)

Bar Admissions & Education

Inclusive Leader Certificate, 2018
Ontario Bar, 2009
LL.B., University of Windsor, 2008

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