In Musa v Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 255 et al., the issue was whether the Defendant contractor applied the road salt to the driveway and parking areas of the condominium in a sufficiently timely way to avoid or mitigate the formation of icy conditions that would put the residents at risk of injury through slipping or falling.
As we bid farewell to 2021, OTLA has updated the Licence Appeal Tribunal statistics from our ongoing Freedom of Information requests. Not surprising, the LAT is not getting any faster, and even more not surprising, the same insurers are still creating a lot of LAT disputes…
In this case, the Court of Appeal for Ontario confirmed that a claim against an insurer for indemnification under s. 265 of the Insurance Act does not start to run until the insurer fails to satisfy a demand for indemnification…
A recent decision that speaks to the conduct of counsel with regard to discoveries…
The defendant brought a motion pursuant to Rule 26.02(c) of the Rules of Civil Procedure for an order granting the defendants leave to amend their statements of defence to plead the legal doctrine of spoliation. Justice Turnbull J. adjourned the motion so that the defendant could return with a proper evidentiary basis to support the motion.
In Eynon v. Simplicity Air Ltd, the Court of Appeal addressed a significant punitive damage award in a case where the plaintiff contributed considerably to the incident that caused his injury.
