For the second consecutive year, Steve Cavanagh was one of a small group of eastern Ontario lawyers who were rated by LEXPERT magazine as “Recommended” in the field of “Litigation–Commercial Insurance”. The others were David Scott and Bruce Carr-Harris of Borden, Ladner, Gervais, and Pat Santini of Kelly Santini. Congratulations to all.
In a decision that will alarm insurance companies, Mr. Justice Bernard Manton has awarded damages of $400,000 for loss of competitive advantage to a plaintiff who was injured in an accident at a Home Depot store. This award is more than…
This edition of Update includes: Catastrophic Impairment Section 267.5(3) of the Insurance Act protects defendants from liability for damages for “health care expenses” unless the person has sustained a catastrophic impairment as defined under Regulation 461/96. In Snushall v. Fulsang, an Ontario Superior…
Georgian Downs Limited v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, 2013 ONSC 2110 (CanLII) is a recent decision on the subject of additional insureds, about which I have written in earlier posts. (See particularly here.) The decision of Justice Gregory…
In York Region Condominium Corporation No. 772 v. Lombard Canada Ltd., the Court of Appeal rejected the appeal by Lombard from a judgment holding that its CGL policy covered a claim against its insured, a general contractor. The plaintiff condominium…
The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada v. Guardian Insurance last Thursday. This is an important decision for anyone working or practising in the field of insurance law. In addition to its adjudication…
The Court of Appeal has just released a decision that is important to anyone working in the area of automobile tort litigation. The case is Joachin v. Abel. The plaintiffs in that case had been injured when the defendant Abel…
