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Syndicat de Copropriété du Villa du Golf v. Leclerc, 2015 QCCA 366 In this case, the Court of Appeal has issued critical principles regarding the standard of conduct expected from a property manager acting as the provisional director for a … Read more »

Tremblay v. Great-West, Life-Insurance Company, 2014 QCCS 6730 The insurance benefit following the death of a person by drowning after a seaplane crash cannot be granted given the exclusion clause provided for as part of the deceased’s insurance policy in … Read more »

Climate Change and Liability Insurance While property insurance has been at the forefront of insurers’ concerns resulting from climate change, liability insurance will also very probably be affected. As the effects of climate change become increasingly apparent, insurers can anticipate … Read more »

In Phillips v Whyew, 2015 ABQB 365, Debra Woodske of CBM Lawyers successfully defended the appeal of the decision from her 2014 Master’s Special Chambers application to strike a claim for want of prosecution. The original application arose from a … Read more »

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal released its decision in the monumental case of Branco v. American Home Assurance Company et al., 2015 SKCA 71, on June 19, 2015. At trial, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench awarded Mr. Branco $4.5 … Read more »

Unifund Assurance Company v. D.E., 2015 ONCA 423 – After their minor daughter and two other 8th graders were accused of bullying a fellow student to the extent of causing physical and psychological injuries, a claim was brought was against … Read more »

In Vogler v Lemieux, 2014 ONSC 825, the plaintiff was appealing the decisions of Master Pope and of the Divisional Court regarding their dismissal for an order adding the insurer, Allstate Insurance Company of Canada, as a named party defendant. … Read more »

The case of Toresho v Primmum Insurance Company, 2015 ONSC 516, is a summary judgment motion which involves a plaintiff who was applying for statutory accident benefits. The main issue was whether a plaintiff who elects and receives payments for … Read more »

C.H. Robinson Worldwide v Northbridge Insurance (2015 ONSC 232) – C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. (“Robinson”) hired KLM Express Ltd. (“KLM”) to deliver food products. Under that contract, KLM was liable up to full value of the shipment. This was greater … Read more »

Rilling v. Stewart, 2014 PESC 29 Rilling, a passenger in a car, sued the operator of the vehicle, as well as the operator of an SUV. The driver of the SUV applied to bifurcate the trial, seeking to have liability … Read more »