Sign Here, or Your Child will Hate You

Feb 1, 2019 | Occupiers’ Liability, Tort

Authored for and Published in CICMA March 2019 Newsletter. Your child has been invited to her best friend’s birthday party at Charlie’s Pizza Palace. You drop her off at the party. Before you can leave to enjoy the next two hours of freedom, the clerk at Charlie’s...

When is a House a Household?

Jan 28, 2019 | Coverage

What does “living in the same household” mean? In Ferro v. Weiner, the late Enid Weiner owned a house on Lake Eugenia. From the late 1980s or early 1990s, it was Enid’s sole residence, before she moved to a nursing home in 2008 or 2009. Although she never resumed...

Who am I? The Case of the Named Insured and the Owner

Jun 25, 2018 | Coverage

What happens when an auto insurer sends a policy termination notice to the named insured, but the named insured does not own the vehicle insured under the policy? In Ontario (Minister of Finance) v. Traders General Insurance Co. (c.o.b. Aviva Traders) an individual...

ONCA Sides with Lessor in Coverage Dispute

Jun 14, 2018 | Coverage

What happens when a Certificate of Automobile Insurance specifies that the policy includes coverages under certain endorsements, when those endorsements never make it onto the policy? The Certificate and OPCF Endorsements Ontario’s standard automobile policy (OAP1)...

This Father’s Day, Cover your Dad with a Coverage Book

Jun 6, 2018 | New at SBA

Still looking for the perfect Father’s Day gift? Can’t find that special tie that says “I love you Dad”? Stop looking and get Dad the gift that says “You’re the best Dad ever!” by giving him his very own copy of Auto Insurance Coverage Law in Ontario. Think of those...

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