The Defendant, Ceeps-Barneys Limited (“the Ceeps”), is a popular pub / sports bar beloved by students of Western University (past and present). In this matter, the Ceeps brought a motion for summary judgment for a dismissal of the plaintiffs’ action against it, as...
This action was brought against the Village of Kaslo (B.C.) by a plaintiff who sustained damages after falling down an embankment off Water Street (an unpaved alleyway). The Village had erected concrete barriers at the mouth of the street/alley in order to bar...
The plaintiff was successful in his lawsuit against a speedway for injuries sustained while moving out of the way of a stock race car that came off its track. At the end of the seven-day trial in Belleville, the parties could not agree on costs. In coming to its...
In January 2012, the plaintiff was walking along the sidewalk in front of a newly built home when she allegedly tripped over the bottom of a construction fence that was covered in snow and fell into a depression in the road next to the sidewalk, injuring her ankle....
The Court of Appeal has upheld a jury’s award of $225,000 in general damages for pain and suffering in a case involving a plaintiff who suffered fractures to the tibia and talus bone as a result of a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiff was 18 at the time of the...
