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May 20, 2014 – In Intact Insurance Company v. Multilamps Shades Co. et. al., heard before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on April 9, 2014, Justice Ricchetti held that claims brought against the Respondents did not trigger Intact’s policy issued to Multilamps. The plaintiff in the underlying action was seriously injured by a lathe being delivered to AIM, a...

March 20, 2014 – On February 19, 2014, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Kozel v The Personal Insurance Company, 2014 ONCA 130. The case will be of interest to auto insurers and representatives presented with “authorized by law to drive” issues. Its significance, however, is broader. The appellate court’s holdings with respect to relief from...

March 19, 2014 – It has been almost 18 years since a Conservative government implemented Ontario’s third major tort reform automobile compensation system. It came into force on October 23, 1996. That fall I presented my first iteration of this paper which explained how tort damages should be calculated under this new system. Since then, significant changes have been...

January 24, 2014 – Overview In May, 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a contractual one year limitation period in a commercial property policy. The Co-Operators denied the claim and when the plaintiffs brought an action against The Co-operators, it was struck out because it was commenced beyond the one year mark as specified in their policy but...