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July 24, 2016 – Lamontagne c. Intact, compagnie d’assurances (Compagnie d’assurances ING du Canada), [2016] QCCS 2247 – Statement of appeal and motion for leave to appeal filed June 15, 2016. Petitioners Geneviève Boisvert and Martin Lamontagne (together, the “petitioners”) filed a Wellington Motion against their insurance company, Intact, Compagnie d’assurances (“Intact”) and their insurance broker. Among other things,...

July 24, 2016 – Shields c. Stations de la Vallée de Saint-Sauveur inc., [2016] QCCS 1746. The Superior Court dismissed the claims for damages by Stacey Shields (“Shields”) and Michael Stefanich (“Stefanich”) against Les Stations de la Vallée de Saint-Sauveur inc. (“Saint-Sauveur”) following an accident that took place on July 4, 2010, in a “Treetop Adventure Course” operated by...

July 24, 2016 – Maher c. Construction Hamel inc., [2016] QCCS 2209. The Superior Court was seized of a motion to dismiss submitted by Construction Hamel inc. (“Hamel”) in respect of an action in damages in the amount of $205,511.06 instituted by plaintiffs Lucie Maher and Philippe Bussières (the “plaintiffs”) on the ground that the Court lacked the jurisdiction...

July 24, 2016 – Since 2012, all class action securities litigation claims that have been brought in Canada have been for statutory secondary market cases (SSM cases).1  Accordingly insurers and brokers ought to have a keen understanding of SSM cases when discussing directors and officers liability insurance limits with prospective insureds. Essentially, SSM claims are a statutory creature and...