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Spoliation as an Independent Cause of Action? The Jury Remains Out
The issue of spoliation is rarely dealt with in case law. It is a term that one hears regularly in the context of insurance claims related litigation and other litigation generally. Subrogating insurers want (or should want to) to ensure evidence is preserved to...
Just Dig: Musings on Collateral Benefits
In the long awaited July 14, 2022 LAT award rendered in #20-007407/AABS by Vice-chair, Sandeep Johal, the question arose whether an LTD benefit that was not being received could be deducted from an IRB benefit. The upshot was that the deadline for the SABS...
Arguing Over Nothing: The Priority Dilemma
Seinfeld’s charm was that it was “a show about nothing.” Of course, anyone on “the priority circuit” knows that this concept is not limited to TV, and that sooner or later, you have been, or you will be, involved in a priority dispute “about nothing.” You get on...
Graul v. Kansal – An Abundance of Teaching Moments
The recent decision of Justice Lemon in Graul v. Kansal weighs in at 182 pages and comes with plenty of teaching moments about defending personal injury claims, weighing the strengths and weaknesses of a claim and the uncertainty of trials. The plaintiff came to...
What did I just trip on?
A recent decision of Justice Mitchell of Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has re-affirmed that a plaintiff in a slip and fall case is not required to pin point the exact cause or mechanism of the fall to succeed in establishing liability on a defendant. In...
Courts of Justice Act Medical Assessments – How Many is Too Many?
The issue of how many defence medicals are too many is the subject of a recent Ontario Superior Court decision. In the matter of Rocca and 6131646 Canada Inc. et al, the plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in injury. It was noted that...