News and Events

June 13, 2023 – Wednesday, July 12th 1:00pm EDT – 2:15pm EDT Click here to register. Our panel of YRMC lawyers from across Canada will explore how damage awards for similar injuries are treated in different jurisdictions. During the webinar, panelists will present five recent case examples from the Courts. After hearing the facts of the case, you’ll have...

May 25, 2023 – Blaney McMurtry’s Jason Mangano was successful before the New Brunswick Court of King’s Bench with respect to a duty to defend application brought by The Estate of Pierre Wüst in connection with two proposed class actions brought by the former female massage therapy patients that alleged among other things they were filmed by their massage therapist without...

January 31, 2023 – “In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Jay Skukowski began his legal career at Blaney McMurtry as an Associate in 2010 and in only four short years was named Partner. Jay has dedicated his career to insurance defense...

January 10, 2022 – A lot has changed since 1997, the year a group of independent law firms with dedicated insurance defence practices joined together to form Risk Management Counsel of Canada (RMC).  But the goals of RMC remain unchanged – to work together to provide Canadian and international insurers with best-in-class insurance defence expertise in every market in...