Court of Appeal Upholds Liability in Complicated Causation Occupiers’ Liability Case
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Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2023 ONCA 476
Ontario Court of Appeal refuses to recognize the tort of family violence.
Beaudoin Estate v. Campbellford Memorial Hospital, 2021 ONCA 57
In this case, the Ontario Court of Appeal reversed the motion judge’s dismissal of the Plaintiffs’ medical negligence claims…
Louis v. Poitras, 2021 ONCA 49
In a groundbreaking decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Louis v. Poitras, 2021 ONCA 49, set aside the Divisional Court judgment and restored the motion judge’s order to strike the jury by reason of delay arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Louis v. Poitras, 2020 ONSC 6907
This Divisional Court appeal decision serves as a cautionary tale and provides some guidance on the type of evidence that should be advanced on a motion for an order to strike the jury in light of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the sufficiency of reasons for such a determination.