Duty to defend and indemnify after 10 months of representation and no new material facts coming to light.
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Hummel v. Jantzi, 2019 ONSC 3571
On June 7, 2012, at approximately 1:30 am the Plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident. He was seated in the front passenger seat and was not wearing a seat belt.
Merino v. ING Insurance Company of Canada, 2019 ONCA 326
The Plaintiff was catastrophically injured when she was hit by a car on September 12, 2002. The driver of the car and his wife, were joint owners of the car which was ostensibly insured by the Defendant ING Insurance. But, almost two months earlier, ING had purported to unilaterally terminate the insurance contract, based on non-disclosure of a driving record…
Stegenga v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company, 2019 ONCA
Court of Appeal closes the door on independent bad faith claims arising from an insurer’s conduct in handling a claim for accident benefits.
Champoux v. Jefremova et al [2019] ONSC 1819 (CanLII)
Defendant physician brought a motion post-trial to withdraw an admission made in response to the Plaintiff’s Request to Admit when it became apparent at trial that it was inconsistent with her expert’s opinion.
Baglot v. Fourie, [2019] BCSC 122
The defendant admits prescription error but denies that Toradol received by plaintiff caused an ulcer, repeat intestinal bleeding and chronic pain. There is no other change in the plaintiff’s life to explain sudden decline. By causal inference, judge finds defendant caused injury to plaintiff.