July 03, 2024
By Michael Kryworuk On April 18, 2024, Justice Adrianna Doyle of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Bellville released her decision in The Corporation of the Municipality of Marmora and Lake v. His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario, 2024 ONSC 2254. This matter concerned an application brought by the Municipality of Marmora […]
June 19, 2024
By Kathryn Orydzuk Background The appellants/plaintiffs appealed the June 5, 2023 decision of Penny J. of the Ontario Superior Court (Workman Optometry Professional Corporation v. Certas Home and Auto Insurance, 2023 ONSC 3356), which was heard by the Ontario Court of Appeal on June 12, 2024 (Workman Optometry Professional Corporation v. Certas Home and Auto […]
June 12, 2024
By Jennifer Singh The Appeal in Legault v. TD General Insurance Company, 2024 ONCA 439, arose from a trial decision dismissing an action brought by Shelley Legault against TD Insurance Company (“TD”) relating to TD’s denial of Ms. Legault’s claim under her homeowner’s insurance policy following a fire at her home. The appeal was dismissed […]
June 05, 2024
By Jordan Petruska In Zaza v. Toronto, 2024 ONSC 2931, the defendant, Beasley Enterprises Limited was ordered to pay costs to the co-defendant, The City of Toronto for keeping them in the action and failing to conform to the defence and indemnity provisions of their licence agreement. Background This action arose from a plaintiff injuring […]
May 29, 2024
By Emily Vereshchak In Construction Distribution & Supply Company Inc. v. Continental Casualty Company (CNA Insurance), 2024 ONCA 405, the Court of Appeal analyzed the applicability of an exclusion clause in an insurance policy in relation to pollution liability. The appellant, Continental Casualty Company (“Continental”), appealed the decision of the application judge who determined that […]
May 22, 2024
By Erin Crochetière The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently considered the liability of landlords for dog bites occurring on premises they own, in the case of Walpole v. Crisol, 2024 ONCA 400. The appellants, the Walpole family, were visiting the home of the defendants, Tammy Brush and Larry Ostertag, when their six-year-old daughter was bitten […]
