Case Summaries Category Archives

Pisani v. McDaniel, 2022 ONSC 224

This action arose from a 2015 rear end motor vehicle collision. Liability was admitted. The issues at trial were threshold and damages. The defendant took the position that the plaintiff sustained minor soft tissue injuries which resolved within six months of the accident and she had returned to most, if not all of her pre-accident activities…

Sharma v. Allstate Insurance, 2022 ONSC 803

In this recent decision, the Divisional Court overturned a previous Preliminary Issue Decision and Reconsideration Decision of the Licence Appeal Tribunal (“LAT”) that stated that an applicant was statute-barred from adjudicating entitlements to Non-Earner Benefits (“NEB”) due to the two-year limitation period…

Paddy-Cannon v. Canada (Attorney General), 2022 ONCA 110

In this recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision, the Court overturned the lower court’s findings relating to allegations of historic physical abuse, and ordered a new trial…