- Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, July 30, 2024 –Kelly Santini’s Shawn O’Connor represented a film producer in a personal injury action brought by an actor in the film who suffered a dog bite on the film set during filming. After a two-day hearing before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Tribunal we were successful in obtaining a declaration that the actor was a worker...
- Fillmore Riley LLP, Manitoba, July 30, 2024 –In May 2016, a company called Land Pride gave notice of a liability claim arising from a water breach caused while it was conducting demolition work in a building. Land Pride was subcontracted for the work to a contractor called G.E.S, who was an Additional Insured under Land Pride’s policy, and who was also the...
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Third Party Costs: Who Pays?
CBM LLP, Alberta, June 25, 2024 –As a general rule, a successful party to litigation will be entitled to costs payable by the unsuccessful party. In cases where there are only plaintiff(s) and defendant(s), costs are relatively straightforward and follow the default rule: the unsuccessful party pays costs of the successful party. The principle behind costs awards is logical: a successful...- SVR Lawyers, Alberta, June 25, 2024 –The Plaintiff, Ms. Artindale-Eeles, was involved in two collisions as she was driving her vehicle to work in the early morning of April 9, 2010 near Canadian Forces Base Wainwright where she served as the Cleaning Services Supervisor. Read more
