In this case, the plaintiff was diagnosed with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) before birth, and her condition continued to worsen in the weeks prior to her delivery. While she was not suffering notable impairments when she was discharged, two months later she was revealed to have suffered severe brain damage…
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Carter v. AVIVA Insurance Company of Canada, 2021 ONLAT 19-012446/AABS-M
In this case, the Plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle collision on August 16, 2018. He applied to AVIVA for Statutory Accident Benefits including income replacement benefits. AVIVA denied IRB’s in April of 2019 after the Plaintiff completed a multidisciplinary suite of insurer examinations required by AVIVA…
Thiruchelvam v. RBC General Insurance Company, 2022 ONSC 554
In this case, the Divisional Court has weighed in on the applicability of the material contribution test for causation in the context of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule…
McLean v. Wolfson, 2021 ONCA 928
In this case, the Court of Appeal for Ontario issued an important warning about the importance of responding to production orders in a timely manner…
John Hall v. Regional Municipality of Niagara Police Services Board et al.
In this case, the defendant GM experienced a fire at their St. Catherine’s plant which led to a series of events resulting in the arrest of the plaintiff Hall, and a finding of not guilty at the criminal trial, followed by civil proceedings against GM, the Niagara Police Services Board and several of its police officers…
Coutinho v. Ocular Health Centre Ltd., 2021 ONSC 3076
n a much-anticipated employment law ruling, the Superior Court has found that employees temporarily laid off because of the COVID pandemic can bring civil action for constructive dismissal…