Jun 23, 2019 | Court Proceedings
Ontario courts have been signalling for some time now that a failure to treat pre-trial conferences seriously will have consequences. A recent Superior Court of Justice decision may be read as increasing the standard to which insurers will be held for their...
Jul 9, 2018 | Court Proceedings
The Supreme Court of Canada recently considered whether an individual can be impaired by reason of distracted driving in R. v. Suter. While the primary issue was the appropriate length of sentence for the criminal conviction, it also dealt with the concept of being...
Jul 6, 2018 | Court Proceedings
As the quarter-final round of the World Cup is happening, the Ontario Court of Appeal saw fit to release a decision about an altercation that occurred in the middle of a soccer game. For those not familiar with the sport, physical altercations are not typical: soccer...
Jul 6, 2018 | Court Proceedings
The question of whether the jury in a negligence action is required to provide particulars of any finding of the Defendant’s negligence was considered by the Court in Poonwasee v. Plaza. After reviewing the relevant case law, the Court found that there was no such...
Jul 2, 2018 | Court Proceedings
The plaintiffs’ claim relates to an incident that took place on September 8, 2013. On that day, a car being driven by the plaintiff, John Bertolli, drove through a pothole located on McCowan Road, in the City of Markham and the Region of York. Consistent with the...
Jun 12, 2018 | Court Proceedings
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...
