Communicating Devastating Information to the Insurer – Liability of a plastic surgeon who knowingly discredited her patient and harmed her reputation, and that of the insurer involved in a partial investigation process which infringed the fundamental rights of the insured - RMC

Communicating Devastating Information to the Insurer – Liability of a plastic surgeon who knowingly discredited her patient and harmed her reputation, and that of the insurer involved in a partial investigation process which infringed the fundamental rights of the insured

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.

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Communicating Devastating Information to the Insurer – Liability of a plastic surgeon who knowingly discredited her patient and harmed her reputation, and that of the insurer involved in a partial investigation process which infringed the fundamental rights of the insured

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