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…
Orum v. Maksuta, 2021 ONSC 2974
In this case, the Superior Court of Justice provided guidance on determining where to start a lawsuit when an injury occurs outside of Ontario…
Labrosse v. Jones et al., 2021 ONSC 8031
In this case, the Ontario Superior Court dismissed a summary judgment motion for a novel claim involving a plaintiff who suffered psychological injury upon hearing the aftermath of her daughter’s motor vehicle accident via telephone…
K.Y. v. Aviva Insurance Company, 2022 ONLAT 19-001720/AABS
Following a 6-day video-conference hearing, Adjudicator Lake ruled that the Applicant was entitled to payment of income replacement benefits in the amount of $400.00 per week from July 17, 2019 to date and ongoing, plus interest in accordance with s. 51 of the SABS…
Grewal v. Peel Mutual Insurance Company, 2021 CanLII 111183 (ON LAT)
In this case, the original LAT decision denied the applicant’s motion to add the issue of punitive damages in the amount of $150,000.00. On reconsideration, Adjudicator Mazerolle again denied the applicant’s request…
2021: Another Year of the LAT (and it isn’t getting faster)
As we bid farewell to 2021, OTLA has updated the Licence Appeal Tribunal statistics from our ongoing Freedom of Information requests. Not surprising, the LAT is not getting any faster, and even more not surprising, the same insurers are still creating a lot of LAT disputes…