We have learned that yesterday’s Update on Branco v. Allianz erroneously referred to Allianz as the defendant. In fact, we now understand that Allianz was the AB carrier and although it had been a defendant originally, it was out of this litigation by 2003. The tort defendant that was successful at trial was “Epshtein”. Thanks to David Fournier of Allianz for alerting us to this.Also, some subscribers have had difficulty accessing the text of the decision. If you click on the hyperlink above, you will be taken to the case on the Internet. This particular decision has a lot of white space at the top of it, for some reason, but if you scroll down a ways, you’ll come to it.
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The conference marked its twenty-fifth anniversary this year. It has become one of the premier continuing education programs for civil litigators in this province. Our own Heather Williams is one of the organizers and we are proud of her contribution.