Released June 15, 2014 | CanLII Ms. Silvera – who had worked at Olympia Jewellery Corporation as a receptionist/administrative assistant – was fired after a two week absence from work due to dental surgery. At the time, she earned $28,000 a year, and had worked for the employer for a year and a half. She brought an action against Olympia for wrongful termination and against …
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Dale Cox and Aviva Canada Inc., FSCO A13-012588
Released July 3, 2015 | Full Decision The Applicant was riding his bicycle in Burlington, Ontario, when an unidentified vehicle struck either him or his bike and he fell to the ground. The vehicle did not stop and there were no known witnesses. The Applicant’s bicycle was damaged to the point that he could not ride it home. The damage was seen by his wife and his brother-in-law. …
Bhatt v. William Beasley Enterprises Limited, 2015 ONSC 2168
Released June 12, 2015 | CanLII This is a judge alone trial decision. The trial proceeded before Mr. Justice Faieta in March 2015. The minor Plaintiff was injured while boarding a ride with his father at the Centreville Amusement Park. The Defendant advanced the argument that there was contributory negligence on both the minor Plaintiff and his father in part because he had a pre-existing …
Saleh v. Nebel, 2015 ONSC 3680
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 …
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 …
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 …