Maison Jean-Yves Lemay Assurances inc. v. Bar et spectacles Jules et Jim inc., [2016] QCCA 1494.
The Court of Appeal had to decide, in a situation where a building was inaccurately valued by the appraiser, whether the broker that had insured the building that caught fire was responsible for the damages incurred as a result of that mistake in the valuation. A majority of the judges allowed the appeal and concluded that the trial judge erred in exclusively ordering Louis-Charles Warren and La Maison Jean-Yves Lemay Assurances inc. (collectively the “Broker”) to cover the damages suffered by Bar et Spectacles Jules et Jim inc. (the “Insured”) as a result of the mistakes the appraiser, Légaré (the “Appraiser”), made in his report.