Cycling in the city can be great. It’s often faster than public transit or driving, environmentally friendly, and it can do wonders for your fitness. Unfortunately, when it comes to navigating traffic and parked cars, it can also be very dangerous.
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Injured at an AirBnB? Liability implications for AirBnB and its millions of hosts
It is unclear how many of these 500 million confirmed guest arrivals have resulted in significant personal injury or property damage. However, chances are quite high that at this rate, it is only a matter of time before AirBnB personal injury litigation makes its way through our court system.
Zheng, Cai v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2018 ONSC 5707
Improper notice denying treatment prevents insurer from relying on MIG until defect corrected.
Who pays for car accident injuries?
When someone gets injured in a car accident, the at-fault driver who caused the collision is usually responsible for providing compensation to the injured victim. Fortunately, drivers carry insurance to protect them if they cause an accident and need to pay compensation to an injured person.
The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group v. Campbell, 2019 ONCA 668
Duty to defend and indemnify after 10 months of representation and no new material facts coming to light.
Merino v. ING Insurance Company of Canada, 2019 ONCA 326
The Plaintiff was catastrophically injured when she was hit by a car on September 12, 2002. The driver of the car and his wife, were joint owners of the car which was ostensibly insured by the Defendant ING Insurance. But, almost two months earlier, ING had purported to unilaterally terminate the insurance contract, based on non-disclosure of a driving record…