March 23, 2022
By Erin Crochetiere The action in Spry v. Southlake Regional Health Centre et al., 2022 ONSC 1783 involved a claim for medical negligence following the plaintiff’s attendance at the emergency room at Southlake Regional Health Centre (“Southlake”) on February 16, 2018. The plaintiff commenced an action against Southlake, Peter Ko, a physician’s assistant, and Dr. […]
March 22, 2022
Stephen Ross will be speaking at the upcoming Law Society of Ontario conference, “Substantive Law for Litigators: Torts“. Stephen’s topic is Municipal and Government Liability. The conference will be held online on March 30, 2022. Natalia Sheikh has co-authored a paper with Stephen for the conference. The other topics at the conference will be: duty […]
March 21, 2022
Kevin Adams will be involved in the Osgoode certificate program on “Motor Vehicle Accident Law and Practice: Tort and Accident Benefits“. The program covers numerous topics related to motor vehicle accident claims and is being held over five days, starting on April 5, 2022. Kevin will be presenting on Loss Transfer and Priority Disputes on […]
March 18, 2022
At our weekly meeting, Annie Levanaj discussed the recent decision on the Court of Appeal in Hunter v. King 2022 ONCA 190. This decision arose from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on March 14, 2012. The plaintiff, Andrew Hunter, was struck from behind by the defendant, Elvira King’s vehicle while stopped at a red […]
March 17, 2022
In Doef v. Hockey Canada et al, 2022 ONSC 1411, one of the issues was the timing of a summary judgment motion. The plaintiff sustained a spinal injury while playing in a hockey tournament. He made an insurance claim. There was a dispute over whether the plaintiff met the criteria in the insurance policy for a paralysis […]
March 16, 2022
By Christopher MacDonald On February 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of British Columbia recognized the tort of false light as a potentially legally tenable claim for the first time in the decision of Durkin v. Marlan, 2022 BCSC 193. As discussed below, the Durkin decision shows that the trend across provincial jurisdictions towards the increased […]
