January 24, 2020
At this morning’s muffin meeting, we discussed a Court of Appeal decision involving a dispute over the limitation period in an LTD claim. We also went over a Court of Appeal decision which considered whether proper notice was given to the Crown in several class actions. Limitation Period in LTD Dispute Ankita Abraham advised us of […]
January 23, 2020
Carol-Anne Wyseman’s article called “Limitation period for duty to defend applications” was recently published in The Lawyer’s Daily. Carol-Anne provides her views on a surprising Court of Appeal decision.
January 22, 2020
In Karpouzis v. Toronto (City of), 2020 ONSC 143, the plaintiff went skateboarding on a trail in a City of Toronto park in the middle of the night. The trail was dark. The plaintiff was 34 years old at the time. He was a very experienced skateboarder. He fell and sustained a serious brain injury. He […]
January 21, 2020
The court’s decision in Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation No. 933 v. Lyn, 2020 ONSC 196, involved two tenants in a high-rise condominium building in downtown Toronto. They are neighbours. After Kalicharan moved into her unit, Rosenstrom began to experience noise issues, such as extremely loud music and loud television shows coming from Kalicharan’s unit, often between […]
January 20, 2020
By Brian Sunohara The court recently released a decision that will be of interest to insurers and counsel handling first party claims. In Kanani v. Economical Insurance, 2019 ONSC 7201, the plaintiffs brought a motion to compel an insurer to produce reserve information in an accident benefits claim. Justice Nadeau denied this request. His Honour […]
January 17, 2020
This morning, Meryl Rodrigues conducted an in-firm seminar on pleadings as part of our Litigation Strategy Series. Meryl went over issues to analyze before entering a statement of defence, including: Examining whether the client was properly named; Checking if the claim was issued in time; Assessing whether the court has jurisdiction; Seeing if other entities […]
