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September 26, 2019 – In this YRMC Boot Camp webinar for new adjusters and claims handlers, Natalie Parsonage of Lindsay LLP in Vancouver and Vincent Lemay of Stein Monast in Quebec City provide viewers with a review of the guiding principles of investigating insurance claims. Topics covered include: What claims handlers and independent adjusters should look for when conducting...

June 25, 2019 – Dupras v. Municipalité de Ripon, 2019 QCCQ 714 – Ms. Ginette Dupras (“Ms. Dupras” or “the Plaintiff”) claimed $15,000 from the municipality of Ripon (the “municipality,” “Ripon” or “the Defendant”) following an accident that occurred on a hill the municipality had set up for the purpose of sledding. Key issues of contention involved determining whether the municipality...

June 25, 2019 – D.C. v. Ivari, 2019 QCCA 496 – Claim by the appealing party, D.C. (“Appellant” or “D.C.”), for leave to appeal following a decision rendered during the proceedings on January 31, 2019, by the Superior Court, having denied its application for dismissal and declaration of abuse. The Facts Seven years after the disappearance of her husband, H.I., D.C....

June 25, 2019 – Brown v. Roy, 2019 QCCS 534 – In this case, the Court is seized of two class actions opposing David Brown (“the Plaintiff” or “Brown”) as representative of the class interests and François Roy (“Roy”), Marc Jémus (“Jémus”), and Lloyd’s Underwriters (“Lloyd’s”). Key issues of contention involved determining whether the defendants, Roy, Jémus and Lloyd’s could be...