May 09, 2022
In Martin v. AGO et al, 2022 ONSC 1923, the plaintiff, a lawyer, attended at the Hamilton courthouse and slipped on a small amount of water. It was raining on the day of the accident, and the water on the floor came from a wet umbrella of a visitor to the courthouse. A day porter […]
April 22, 2022
At our weekly meeting, Annie Levanaj discussed the recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court in Musa v. Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 255 et al., 2022 ONSC 1030. Overview This case involved slip and fall accident that occurred on the morning of December 5, 2016 at 9:30 am. The plaintiff, Mr. Musa, fell on a […]
January 18, 2022
In Branton et al v. 2008422 Ontario Ltd. c.o.b. as Euro-Ex, 2021 ONSC 7548, the defendant brought a summary judgment motion in an occupiers’ liability claim. The plaintiffs brought a cross-motion seeking a finding of liability against the defendant. The defendant was engaged in road construction work on the street where the plaintiffs lived. At the time […]
November 26, 2021
At our weekly meeting, Pip Swartz led a further discussion on the decision in Arksey v. Sky Zone Toronto[1]. A summary of the case from our previous discussion of it can be found here: https://www.rogerspartners.com/fridays-with-rogers-partners-47/ During our firm’s discussion of Arksey, a hypothetical question was raised: how would the judge have ruled in Arksey if […]
September 10, 2021
At our weekly firm meeting, Annie Levanaj discussed the recent decision of Justice Boswell dismissing a summary judgment motion brought by the defendants in Adler v. Promenade General Partner Inc., 2021 ONSC 5393. Incident This action arose from an incident that occurred on August 8, 2018, when Ms. Adler, the plaintiff, slipped and fell while […]
August 31, 2021
In Massaroni v. Yum! Brands Inc., 2021 ONSC 5460, the court dismissed the plaintiff’s action in a matter involving an occupiers’ liability claim. The plaintiff was walking from a parking lot of a KFC store to a TD Bank. There was a barrier separating two properties. The barrier was comprised of a curb and a […]
