October 29, 2024
By Jason Frost Ontario Regulation 383/24 (https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r24383) has amended the SABS for policies issued after June 30, 2026, making many of the previously standard SABS benefits only available for most persons injured in accidents in Ontario if they purchased optional benefits . With the new SABS effective July 1, 2026, more Ontarians should have optional […]
October 23, 2024
By Jordan Petruska In Baldasio v. City of Toronto, 2024 ONSC 5391, the defendant, City of Toronto brought a motion for dismissing the action for delay. Background This action arose from a slip and fall incident on January 13, 2014. On December 29, 2015, the plaintiff commenced an action against the City of Toronto and […]
October 21, 2024
By Jason Frost With Ontario Regulation 383/24 (https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r24383), the Ontario Government has amended the SABS for policies issued after June 30, 2026, to remove many of the previously standard SABS benefits for most persons injured in an accident on Ontario. The impact of these changes may be catastrophic. The Amended Regulation Will Likely Harm Insureds, […]
October 16, 2024
By Farid Mahdi In the recent decision of Burley v. City of Ottawa et. al. (“Burley”),[1] the Ontario Superior Court of Justice reaffirmed that the defendant building owners did not owe their plaintiff tenant a common law duty to maintain the municipal sidewalk adjacent to their property, that they were not occupiers of the municipal […]
October 11, 2024
At our weekly meeting, Sarah Sevier discussed the recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Stewart v. Bay of Quinte Mutual Insurance Co., 2024 ONCA 730. FACTS This case involved an appeal from Bay of Quinte Mutual Insurance Co. (“BQMI”) regarding a judgment awarded to the estate of Mr. Dennis Lynch (“Lynch”) after a […]
October 09, 2024
By Emily Vereshchak In Bello v. City of Hamilton, 2024 ONSC 5457, the Court examined whether the plaintiff’s personal injury action ought to be dismissed on the basis that the plaintiff was cycling on an untraveled potion of highway in the City of Hamilton. Facts The plaintiff was biking with a group of cyclists along […]
