March 15, 2022
The decision in Dhaliwal et al. v. Gill et al., 2022 ONSC 1445, arises out of a motor vehicle accident. A municipality was named as a defendant and a third party. One of the defendant drivers, Gill, entered a jury notice. Section 108(2)(1)(xii) of the Courts of Justice Act prohibits jury trials where relief is […]
March 10, 2022
In a previous blog post, we discussed a decision in which Associate Justice Jolley held that the court does not have discretion to extend the three hour time limit for examinations for discovery in Simplified Procedure actions. More recently, in Blue v. Metro Ontario Inc., 2022 ONSC 1283, Associate Justice McGraw held that, although an […]
March 09, 2022
By Athina Ionita The Court of Appeal in Yang v. Co-operators General Insurance Company, 2022 ONCA 178,confirmed the exclusive jurisdiction of the License Appeal Tribunal (LAT) over disputes concerning Statutory Accident Benefits (SABs). The decision underlying the appeal concerned a motor vehicle accident, where the plaintiff claimed damages in the amount of $150 million.[1] Specifically, […]
March 01, 2022
One of the issues in Dulude v. Lawrence et al., 2022 ONSC 1034, was whether the plaintiff was entitled to obtain production of the complete file of a medical assessment centre, except for draft reports. The defendants arranged with Soma Medical Assessments for the plaintiff to attend three defence medical assessments. The plaintiff did not […]
February 28, 2022
In Khatatbeh v. Quispe, 2022 ONSC 933, the defendant scheduled a defence medical examination with a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist asked the plaintiff to sign an authorization or release. The plaintiff refused to sign it on the basis that it required her to disclose any medical conditions or medical problems that she has. Justice D.A. Wilson […]
February 16, 2022
By Emily Vereshchak In Chowdhury v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario, 2022 ONSC 991, the plaintiff commenced a civil action in Ottawa against Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario (“Her Majesty”) seeking to invalidate mandatory COVID-19 vaccination laws pursuant to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“the Charter”) and the […]