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July 24, 2016 – Orenstein Little c. Fonds d’assurance responsabilité professionnelle du Barreau du Québec, [2016] QCCS 1450. Susan Orenstein Little (“Orenstein”) and Les Services Juridiques Orenstein Inc. (“Orenstein Inc.”) claimed defence costs in the amount of $563,061.04 from the Quebec Bar’s liability insurer, the Fonds d’assurance responsabilité professionnelle du Barreau du Québec (the “Fund”). These costs were incurred...

July 24, 2016 – Dubé (Succession de) c. Tardif, [2016] QCCS 1811. The Superior Court ordered a plastic surgeon and an insurance company (in solidum) to pay $40,000 for moral damages caused to the insured who was the beneficiary of a disability insurance policy. They were also individually ordered to pay punitive damages in the amount of $5,000. Read...

July 24, 2016 – Grandchamp c. St-Gabriel (Ville de), [2016] QCCS 289. Marthe Grandchamp (“Grandchamp”) sued the City of Saint-Gabriel (the “City”) for damages after she fell on city property. In order to provide a full and complete defence for the City, the Court ordered Grandchamp [1] to hand over all of the documents and results observed by her expert...

July 24, 2016 – 3457265 Canada inc. c. 9124-8948 Québec inc., [2016] QCCS 2462 On July 26, 2012, a helicopter belonging to 3457265 Canada inc. (“3457265 Canada”) crashed while defendant Sandro Ciccone (“Ciccone”), an employee of defendant 9124-8948 Québec inc. (“Hélico Pro”), was at the controls. In December 2015, Hélico Pro and Pierre Lamontange (“Lamontagne”), the directing mind of...