June 30, 2021
By Meryl Rodrigues In the recently released decision by the Court of Appeal in Moore v. 7595611 Canada Corp., 2021 ONCA 459, the Court upheld a jury award for damages for loss of care, guidance and companionship (among other heads of damages) awarded to the parents of an adult child killed in a fire. The […]
June 30, 2021
Rogers Partners LLP is seeking an associate lawyer to join our team. Interested candidates should have two to five years of litigation experience, preferably in the areas of insurance defence or personal injury. Since our founding in 1994, we have specialized in the defence of liability claims. We have longstanding relationships with many sophisticated insurers […]
June 29, 2021
In Montesano v. Western Assurance Co., 2021 ONLAT 19-006780, the claimant proceeded up her driveway towards her house after smoking a cigarette. She tripped and fell forward, striking her face against the rear bumper of her parked SUV before falling to the ground. The claimant applied for statutory accident benefits from her automobile insurer. The insurer denied […]
June 28, 2021
In a Supplementary Notice to the Profession and Litigants, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has advised that, starting July 5, 2021, CaseLines will be expanded to the Central West, Northeast and Southwest Regions. The notice also indicates that, at least five days in advance of the hearing or at the same time as any […]
June 25, 2021
At our weekly meeting, Athina Ionita discussed the recent decision of Justice Perell in Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONSC 4363. This decision arose from a recusal motion, where the moving party requested that Justice Perell recuse himself as a result of real or a reasonable apprehension of bias. The moving party argued that […]
June 24, 2021
In Sui v. Chitiz, 2021 CanLII 50711 (ON SC), the plaintiff argued that the trial should not proceed by video conference because there are real issues of credibility which could be better assessed by an in-person hearing and because the volume of documents could more easily be managed through an in-person hearing. The court rejected both […]
