Publications

Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, June 25, 2019 – Dupras v. Municipalité de Ripon, 2019 QCCQ 714 – Ms. Ginette Dupras (“Ms. Dupras” or “the Plaintiff”) claimed $15,000 from the municipality of Ripon (the “municipality,” “Ripon” or “the Defendant”) following an accident that occurred on a hill the municipality had set up for the purpose of sledding. Key issues of contention involved determining whether the municipality...

Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, June 25, 2019 – D.C. v. Ivari, 2019 QCCA 496 – Claim by the appealing party, D.C. (“Appellant” or “D.C.”), for leave to appeal following a decision rendered during the proceedings on January 31, 2019, by the Superior Court, having denied its application for dismissal and declaration of abuse. The Facts Seven years after the disappearance of her husband, H.I., D.C....

Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, June 25, 2019 – Brown v. Roy, 2019 QCCS 534 – In this case, the Court is seized of two class actions opposing David Brown (“the Plaintiff” or “Brown”) as representative of the class interests and François Roy (“Roy”), Marc Jémus (“Jémus”), and Lloyd’s Underwriters (“Lloyd’s”). Key issues of contention involved determining whether the defendants, Roy, Jémus and Lloyd’s could be...

SVR Lawyers, Alberta, June 25, 2019 – In Lewandowska v Vander Woude, 2019 ABPC 115, the Plaintiff slipped and fell on the sidewalk adjacent to our clients’ property. The Plaintiff claimed that our clients caused ice build up on the sidewalk due to the existence of an eavestrough that pointed down the driveway toward the sidewalk thereby making them liable for the...