Publications

Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, 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. Read...

Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, July 24, 2016 – Grandchamp c. St-Gabriel (Ville de), [2016] QCCS 289. Marthe Grandchamp (“Grandchamp”) sued the City of Saint-Gabriel (the “City”) for damages after she fell on city property. In order to provide a full and complete defence for the City, the Court ordered Grandchamp [1] to hand over all of the documents and results observed by her expert...

Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, July 24, 2016 – 3457265 Canada inc. c. 9124-8948 Québec inc., [2016] QCCS 2462 On July 26, 2012, a helicopter belonging to 3457265 Canada inc. (“3457265 Canada”) crashed while defendant Sandro Ciccone (“Ciccone”), an employee of defendant 9124-8948 Québec inc. (“Hélico Pro”), was at the controls. In December 2015, Hélico Pro and Pierre Lamontange (“Lamontagne”), the directing mind of...

Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, July 24, 2016 – Lamontagne c. Intact, compagnie d’assurances (Compagnie d’assurances ING du Canada), [2016] QCCS 2247 – Statement of appeal and motion for leave to appeal filed June 15, 2016. Petitioners Geneviève Boisvert and Martin Lamontagne (together, the “petitioners”) filed a Wellington Motion against their insurance company, Intact, Compagnie d’assurances (“Intact”) and their insurance broker. Among other things,...