Publications

Blaney McMurtry LLP, Ontario, January 20, 2025 – Two recent decisions, released together, Aubin v. Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa (Soloway Jewish Community Centre), 2024 ONCA 615  (“Aubin”) and Henry v Zaitlen, 2024 ONCA 614 (“Henry”) from the Ontario Court of Appeal have updated the approach for calculating prejudgment interest for non-pecuniary damages in personal injury actions. In both cases, the...

Blaney McMurtry LLP, CBM LLP, Donati Maisonneuve, Fillmore Riley LLP, Lindsay LLP, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, June 14, 2024 – Our panel of RMC lawyers from across Canada explore how damage awards for chronic pain and psychological injuries are treated in different jurisdictions. During the webinar, panelists present five recent case examples from the Courts. Each case will conclude with a discussion on how other jurisdiction would likely treat a claim with similar facts.  ...

Blaney McMurtry LLP, Ontario, March 21, 2024 – Loblaw Companies Limited v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2024 ONCA 145 Every decade or so, a decision of monumental importance to the coverage bar gets handed to us. In 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada gave us Progressive Homes Ltd. v. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada. 2010 SCC 33. Before...

Blaney McMurtry LLP, Ontario, February 20, 2024 – Baker v Blue Cross 2023 ONCA 842: The Ontario Court Appeal upholds $1,500,000 in punitive damages and full indemnity costs due to bad faith handling of LTD claim In its decision in Baker v Blue Cross, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld two awards that sent shockwaves through the insurance industry last year: a $1,500,000...