Publications

Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, August 17, 2014 – Kelly Santini‘s Mitch Kitagawa successfully brought a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the plaintiff’s action in Mississippi River Corporations v. Municipal Electric Association Reciprocal Insurance Exchange 2014 ONSC 3784. In the ruling, Justice M.Z. Charbonneau agreed that the costs associated with the plaintiff’s voluntary decision to conduct repairs to its hydroelectric facility in Almonte,...

Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, June 20, 2014 – The end of 2013 and the first few months of 2014 saw several developments in insurance law and civil procedure. These developments included rulings from trial level Courts up to the Supreme Court of Canada and cover a number areas important to insurers. In this webinar, recorded June 16th, 2014, insurance defence lawyers Mitchell Kitagawa...

Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, January 24, 2014 – Overview In May, 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a contractual one year limitation period in a commercial property policy. The Co-Operators denied the claim and when the plaintiffs brought an action against The Co-operators, it was struck out because it was commenced beyond the one year mark as specified in their policy but...

Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, July 19, 2013 – The length of time and costs associated with the resolution of a Statutory Accident Benefit dispute are of growing concern for many insurers.  If a dispute arises, insurers want to be well-positioned for a reasonable outcome within the dispute resolution mechanisms available.  In this webinar, Sylvia Corthorn and Charlotte Porter of Kelly Santini LLP discuss...