Publications

Blaney McMurtry LLP, CBM LLP, Fillmore Riley LLP, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, November 24, 2023 – Insurers are often confronted with claims involving multiple policies and/or multiple jurisdictions. These claims immediately raise questions about coverage and shared defences. In this webinar, RMC lawyers from Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta review key case law, common claim scenarios and how best insurers should proceed when dealing with multiple policies Part 1 – Multiple Policies...

Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, October 31, 2023 – On September 6, 2023, in Re Imanpoorsaid, 2023 QCCA 1111, the Court of Appeal clarifies the rules applicable to the return regime as provided for in the Civil Code of Québec, as well as the rules of evidence to be considered for proving same. In this case, Mrs. Deborah Carol Riddle is appealing the Superior...

SVR Lawyers, Alberta, October 17, 2023 – In Pederson v. Allstate Insurance Company of Canada, 2023 ABKB 198, the plaintiff was injured in a rear-end motor vehicle accident, where the negligent operator fled the scene. The owner defendant alleged the vehicle was stolen prior to the accident (the “defendant”). Ultimately, the defendant’s insurance company, Allstate, denied coverage following a determination that the...

Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, October 17, 2023 – Kelly Santini’s Mitchell Kitagawa and Tor Potter recently achieved a successful result in a complicated insurance defence matter. Mitch and Tor represented a landlord that was being sued by a tenant who slipped and fell on ice at the front step of their row house. The lease stated that the tenant was responsible for snow removal from the front...