On July 26, 2017, the plaintiff, a lawyer for Legal Aid Ontario, submitted a claim for long-term disability benefits (LTDs) to Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (Sun Life), alleging total disability as of April 18, 2017, due to left arm and shoulder pain, anxiety, depression and phantom limb pain. On September 26, 2017, the plaintiff received a letter from Sun Life advising her that her claim for LTDs had not been approved as she did not satisfy the definition of “total disability”.
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Majerczyk v. Manalo, 2023 ONSC 3064
This ruling involves a motion brought by the defendant for leave to call more than three experts at trial, and more specifically, a physiatrist and an orthopaedic surgeon.
Schroeder v. Co-operators General Insurance Company, 2024 ONCA 54 (CanLII)
In Schroeder v. Co-operators General Insurance Company, the Ontario Court of Appeal reaffirms that the limitation clock for underinsurance claims does not start to run until a demand for indemnification is made and goes unsatisfied.
Baker v. Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada, 2023 ONCA 842
Court of Appeal Upholds $1.5 Million Punitive Damages Award and Full Indemnity Costs in LTD Jury Trial Appeal
Wasylyk v. County of Simcoe, 2022 ONSC 4458
On a winter night, 18-year-old Melinda Wasylyk was driving home from her first night of nursing college when she lost control of her vehicle twice on CR88 – one of the busiest roads in Simcoe County (“Simcoe”) connecting Hwy 400 to Bradford.
Pridmore v. Drenth, 2023 ONCA 606 (CanLII)
The plaintiff, Breanne Pridmore, was severely injured riding as a passenger on an all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”) driven by her friend, Tyler Drenth, in March 2014. They were riding along the shoulder of Bird Road, a rural highway road, when she was thrown from the ATV. She suffered complete paraplegia.