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On January 8, 2018, Strigberger Brown Armstrong LLP was born out of a unified vision for the future of insurance law, a vision that was led by a female majority partnership and one that did not follow the ancient rules of hierarchy and long expired tradition.

Will Any Reason Do?

Will Any Reason Do?

The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed Allstate’s appeal from the Divisional Court decision in Varriano v. Allstate Company of Canada.   The claimant, Nunzo...

ONCA: No “trial within a trial” in the duty to defend

ONCA: No “trial within a trial” in the duty to defend

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently considered the traditional pleadings rule and found that the duty to defend cannot be ousted by use of premature evidence, that being evidence that would require findings to be made before trial, referred to as a “trial within a trial.”…