Publications

SVR Lawyers, Alberta, August 20, 2015 – Conradi v Economical Mutual Insurance Company, 2015 ABQB 308 and Burch v Intact Insurance Company, 2015 ABCA 229 both deal with the resolution of ambiguities in insurance contracts.  In Conradi the court resolved the ambiguity against the insurer because the policy was inconsistent in its use of defined terms whereas in Burch the court resolved...

CBM LLP, Alberta, August 20, 2015 – In Alberta Residential Corporation v Certain Lloyd’s Underwriters, 2015 ABCA 195, CBM Lawyers, acting as Intervenors, along with the Respondents, successfully opposed an Appeal brought by the Insurer for a condominium board. The question that was put to the Court of Appeal was whether the condominium board’s Insurer was obligated to insure property that was...

CBM LLP, Alberta, August 20, 2015 – In Rai v 1294477 Alberta Ltd (Vinyl Retro Dance Lounge), 2015 ABQB 349, CBM Lawyers successfully defended an Edmonton dance club in a claim for injuries arising from a patron-patron assault. The claim was dismissed following a summary judgment application on the grounds that the Plaintiff had failed to provide any evidence that the dance...

McKercher LLP, Saskatchewan, August 20, 2015 – Recently, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Unifund Assurance Company v. D.E., 2015 ONCA 423 (companion appeal: C.S. v. TD Home and Auto Insurance Company, 2015 ONCA 424). Briefly stated, the respondents, D.E. and L.E., had a homeowners’ insurance policy that allowed for liability coverage if their personal actions caused unintentional bodily...