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May 19, 2016 – Comité paritaire de l’industrie des services automobiles de la région de Montréal (CPA Montréal) v. Société d’assurances générales Northbridge (Lombard General Insurance Company of Canada), 2015 QCCA 2039 The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the amounts fraudulently collected by an employee are covered by the insurance policy and that, even if the dishonest acts...

May 19, 2016 – Zaccardo v. Chartis Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 QCCS 398 A young hockey player and his insurance company are ordered to pay $8 million to a young man who was rendered paraplegic, and to his family, after he received a prohibited body-check during a hockey game. On October 3, 2010, during a Midget AA hockey...

May 19, 2016 – Desjardins Sécurité financière, compagnie d’assurance vie v. Émond, 2016 QCCA 161 The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the scope of the expression “indictable offence” as it appears in section 2402 of the Civil Code of Quebec (“C.C.Q.”) is limited to unmitigated indictable offences. On July 8, 2009, the insured was killed following a motorcycle...

April 21, 2016 – British Columbia is in the process of rolling out a new dispute resolution mechanism for strata disputes and matters falling within the Provincial Court Small Claims jurisdiction ($25,000.00). The object of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (the “CRT”) is admirable. The aim is to provide convenient and cheaper access to justice through an online portal that...