Publications

Blaney McMurtry LLP, Ontario, December 12, 2014 – The Ontario Superior Court recently sent a much-welcome message with respect to costs awards in its decision Hoang v. Vicentini. The action involved a six year old pedestrian who was struck by a car, just after being dropped off at a busy intersection by his father. The six year old was seriously injured. The Defendants...

December 08, 2014 – In this webinar, insurance defence lawyers from RMC member firms in Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario review recent developments and case law involving claims for damages and the strategies needed to defend these claims. The presentations address claims for psychological damages made by family members of an injured plaintiff as well claims for bad faith and...

Fillmore Riley LLP, Manitoba, November 14, 2014 – British Columbia Court of Appeal takes interventionist approach to standard of care finding in Agar v. Weber. The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently considered the interaction between the old common law of occupiers liability, the Occupiers Liability Act (“OLA”), and the common law of negligence in Agar v. Weber, 2014 BCCA 297.  The insufficiency...

Stein Monast, Quebec, October 27, 2014 – 9124-4541 Québec Inc. et al. v. Intact compagnie d’assurance et al., 2014 QCCS 42501 After a fire damaged a poultry-processing plant not long before a backflow of water overtook the plaintiffs’ administrative offices, the latter, unhappy with the amount they received from their insurer, claimed additional compensation totalling just over 8 million dollars for damages to...