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Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, September 16, 2016 – Saint-Hilaire v. Québec (City of), [2016] QCCQ 4510. The Court was seized of a liability claim against the City of Quebec (“City”) instituted by Ms. Saint-Hilaire and Mr. Gonthier following the massive presence of black particles in their home’s water. Ms. Saint-Hilaire and Mr. Gonthier first noticed the presence of the black particles in February... -
Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, September 16, 2016 – Beaurivage v. Dauplaise, [2016] QCCS 2315. The Court had to decide whether the insurer could be absolved of its obligation to defend by applying an exclusion clause as a result of a gross fault committed by the insured. On April 21, 2011, after a goal had been scored during a hockey match, an altercation took...
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Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, July 24, 2016 – Roy c. Lefebvre, [2016] QCCA 660. This involves two appeals from a judgment handed down by the Superior Court granting a motion to institute proceedings filed by Douglas Robinson (“Robinson”) and solidarily condemning the appellants, Pierre Roy (“Roy”), Lafortune & Associés Inc. and André Lefebvre (“Lefebvre”) to pay him the amount of $1,200,010, being equivalent...
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Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, July 24, 2016 – Mohamed Benkhaldoun c. Financière Manuvie, [2016] QCCA 498. This case is anconsists in the appeal of from a judgment rendered by the Court of Quebec granting a motion for in dismissal inadmissibility by Financière Manuvie (“Manulife”) and dismissing the motion to institute proceedings filed by Mohamed Benkhaldoun (“Benkhaldoun”) whereby he is was claiming the payment...