May 31, 2023
By Michael Kryworuk In Interhealth Canada Limited v. O’Keefe, 2023 ONCA 368, the Ontario Court of Appeal considered an appeal by the plaintiff, Interhealth Canada Limited (“Interhealth”), of a decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. While the case was appealed on both substantive and procedural grounds, this blog post will focus primarily on […]
May 17, 2023
By Kathryn Orydzuk In the recent decision in John Howard Society of Peel-Halton-Dufferin v. Pennock et al, 2023 ONSC 2839, released on May 11, 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled on a motion for default judgment by the plaintiffs, and in the alternative, seeking judgment on the terms of a settlement agreement previously […]
May 10, 2023
By Annie Levanaj The recent decision of the Court in Delanty v. Hogan, 2023 ONSC 2501, demonstrates that parties are expected to move actions forward and respond promptly when dealing with reconsiderations of WSIAT decisions. Background This decision arose from a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiffs were Ms. Delanty, a pedestrian hit by a truck […]
March 24, 2023
At our weekly Friday meeting, Katrina Taibi discussed the recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court in Li v. Barber, 2023 ONSC 1679. Overview: A motion by the plaintiffs to amend the Statement of Claim, and a motion by a group of defendants to strike the Statement of Claim for no cause of action and […]
March 22, 2023
By Michael Kryworuk In Shillington v. Stover, 2023 ONSC 1463, Regional Senior Justice C. Macleod considered a motion by one of the defendants, Million Dollar Round Table (“MRDT”), to strike the statement of claim against it as disclosing no cause of action under Rule 21.01(1)(b) of the Rules of Civil Procedure. History of the Litigation: […]
March 15, 2023
By Michael Brown An endorsement from a recent motion held in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice before McGraw AJ has provided an interesting look at the use of misnomers in pleadings and the doctrine of discoverability as it relates to unidentifiable parties. In Abramov v. Doe,[1] the Plaintiff brought a motion for leave to […]
