Released June 8, 2015 | CanLII This eight-day motor vehicle injury trial proceeded before the Honourable Mr. Justice F.L. Myers and a jury in Toronto in January and February 2015. Liability was admitted. The jury awarded the plaintiff $30,000 for general damages but nothing for his claims for past and future loss of income or for future care. Justice Myers subsequently granted the defendant’s threshold …
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Charlebois v. SSQ Life Insurance Company, 2015 ONSC 2568
Released May 29, 2015 | CanLII This was an appeal of an order dismissing SSQ’s motion to remove plaintiff’s counsel in a disability claim against SSQ. The motion was brought by SSQ after it learned that plaintiff’s counsel had retained two medical experts who had been consulted by SSQ regarding the plaintiff’s treatment needs prior to litigation. SSQ argued that the two experts, an occupational …
Tompros v. Ravitharan et al, 2015 ONSC 3998
Released June 19, 2015 | CanLII This was a motion brought by Desjardins as intervener to have a coverage issue determined prior to trial regarding an excluded driver under one of its policies. The excluded driver had signed an OPCF 28A Excluded Driver form in 2007. The form had not been approved by the FSCO Superintendent, was not witnessed, and did not specify which automobiles …
Scarlett v. Belair Insurance, 2015 ONSC 3635
Released June 5, 2015 | CanLII In this most recent installment in the Scarlett saga, the Divisional Court reviewed the decision of Director’s Delegate Evans from November 28, 2013. That decision had overturned the original Arbitration decision of March 26, 2013. The Director’s Delegate had remitted the matter to be heard in full by a different arbitrator. Mr. Scarlett sought to reinstate the Order of …
Ziebenhaus v. Bahlieda, 2015 ONCA 471
Released June 24, 2015 | CanLII In this decision, the Court of Appeal considered the inherent jurisdiction of the court to order a party to undergo a defence medical examination by someone who is not a “health practitioner” as defined by s. 105 of the Courts of Justice Act. The Court acknowledged at the outset that there was conflicting case law on the issue. The …