Full Decision In March 2024, four of the largest school boards in Canada commenced legal action against three social media companies: Meta (operating Instagram and Facebook); ByteDance (operating TikTok); and Snap (operating Snapchat). Each of the boards claim that these companies negligently designed their products to cause compulsive use amongst student-age children, resulting in widespread disruption to the education system. The boards also advance their …

Full Decision Overview In a trial to determine damages of a motor vehicle collision action, the trial judge awarded future lost earning capacity to the plaintiff based on a constant annual loss of $16,749 per year. This finding was successfully appealed and the future lost earning capacity assessment was increased. Issues There were two issues on appeal: Held The appeal was allowed and the future …

Full Decision Background In Maillet v. Deren, 2025 ONCA 159, the Ontario Court of Appeal outlined the legal principles regarding leave to issue a third party claim and affirmed that timeliness is of the utmost importance when seeking to bring a third party claim. This case involved an action brought by the minor respondent for damages sustained from being bitten by the appellant’s dog on …

Full Decision This case involves a Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) dispute between the Economical Mutual Insurance Company (Economical) and Ahmed Zeineddine. The applicant was involved in a serious motor-vehicle collision on January 20, 2020, and was diagnosed with a concussion at the Ottawa General Hospital the next day. The applicant followed up with his family physician on January 22, 2020, where concussion care was further …

Full Decision This was an appeal to the Divisional Court from the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) and reconsideration decision of Vice-Chair Farlam. Several grounds of appeal were raised but the court found it unnecessary to address all grounds. Instead, it focused on the substantive issue of attendant care issue and found the Vice-Chair erred in law by applying the wrong test and making conclusory statements. …