The jury awarded $150,000 for pain and suffering damages where the Plaintiff suffered from chronic pain and had returned to work. After the jury delivered its verdict, defence counsel brought a threshold motion which was dismissed by the court
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Iannarella v. Corbett, 2015 ONCA 110
Once the plaintiff has proven that a rear-end collision occurred, the evidentiary burden shifts from the plaintiff to the defendant, who must then show that he or she was not negligent.
Fleming v. Brown, Court File no. 1220/15
Adverse costs insurance policies must now be produced pursuant to rule 30.02(3).
Wardak v. Froom, 2017 ONSC 1166 (CanLII)
This is a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the Plaintiffs’ action in a social host liability case.
Zarebicki v. Wal-Mart Canada Corp., CV-14-0778-00
Summary Judgment not granted where the inconsistencies of several witnesses and conflicting material evidence required an evaluation of credibility.
Kushnir v. Macari, 2017 ONSC 307 (CanLII)
To ensure trial fairness and the preservation of proper litigation, it was justified to impose a condition to ensure that expert reports are written solely by their author and not by a ghost writer, as has become more common and problematic in litigation recently.