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February 20, 2013 – Blaney McMurtry LLP lawyers Tim Alexander and Alva Orlando recently obtained the dismissal of a $150,000,000 claim brought by a Canadian gold mining company against a U.S. based engineering firm and its employees on the basis that the Ontario court lacked jurisdiction over the matter.  Read more.

January 09, 2013 – In the provinces whose auto insurance schemes include a no-fault, public component, there is often contention as to where liability for bodily injuries arising out of auto accidents and the ability to sue will ultimately lie. The provinces in question all have legislative schemes providing for insurance coverage to compensate for bodily injuries incurred as...

December 05, 2012 – Portage LaPrairie Mutual Insurance Company (“Portage”) insured Green Thumb Farmers Market. The defendant MacLean was an employee of Green Thumb when a fire occurred while MacLean was cooking at the market. Portage paid out its insured’s fire loss claim and commenced a subrogated action against MacLean. MacLean successfully brought an action for summary judgment against...

December 05, 2012 – Levine v. Roots Canada Limited, 2012 NSSC 268 Sandra Arab Clarke, a partner in our Halifax office, was recently successful in defending a motion for production of the insurer’s entire file which the plaintiff Levine argued was necessary insofar as it may “touch upon” how the insurer handled Levine’s claim. Levine had been injured at...