Pridmore v. Drenth, 2023 ONSC 817 Reading Time: 5 minutes (approx.) By: Charles Foster & Jadrien Hong In March of 2014, Breanne Pridmore (the Plaintiff) was injured while a passenger on an ATV driven by Tyler Drenth and owned by his father, Theodore Drenth (collectively, the Defendants). The Defendant owner had an insurance policy issued...Read More
Gill v The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, 2023 BCCA 97 Reading Time: 3 minutes (approx.) By: Chloe Jardine (Articled Clerk) In December 2019, water backed up and escaped from a drain located in the sun deck area of a home owned by the Gills (“the Gills”). The sun deck was akin to an exterior room,...Read More
LeBlanc v Losier and Losier, 2023 NBQB 23. Reading Time: 6 minutes (approx.) By: Weston McArthur (Articled Clerk) Tammy Leblanc, the Plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident with Julien and Guy Losier (the Defendants) on September 15, 2018, in Bartibog, New Brunswick. The Plaintiff took action against the Defendants and subsequently brought a...Read More
Abbas v Esurance Company of Canada, 2023 ABCA 36 Reading Time: 6 minutes (approx.) By: Weston McArthur (Articled Clerk) Mr. Abbas (“the Plaintiff”) was involved in a motor vehicle accident as a passenger where the driver was uninsured. He made claims for Section B benefits and SEF No. 44 benefits, but in his Section B...Read More
Moran v Fabrizi, 2023 ONCA 21 Reading Time: 3 minutes (approx.) By: Chloe Jardine (Articled Clerk) Tate Moran (“the Plaintiff”) was injured in a motor vehicle accident while a passenger in a minivan driven by her grandmother. Ottavio Fabrizi (“the Defendant”) ran a red light and struck the minivan, resulting in the Plaintiff’s injuries. The...Read More
Riddle v Colchester (Municipality of the County), 2023 NSSC 24 Reading Time: 5 minutes (approx.) By: Chloe Jardine (Articled Clerk) Mary Riddle (“the Plaintiff”) was an American tourist visiting Five Islands Lighthouse (“the Lighthouse”) in Five Islands, Nova Scotia, in July 2019 when she fell from the observation deck to the second floor through the...Read More
Gray v Intact Insurance, 2023 CanLII 133 (ON LAT) Reading Time: 3 minutes (approx.) By: Chloe Jardine (Articling Clerk) The Applicant, Hailey Gray, was “involved” in a motor vehicle accident on August 14, 2019, and claimed entitlement to statutory accident benefits under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule, Effective September 1, 2010, O Reg 34/10 (“the...Read More
The Appellant’s final argument was that there was “a material distinction between her intention to obtain the Percocet pills and her intentions regarding the patients’ records” [para 66]. In effect, she tried to argue that her accessing patient records was an “unintended consequence of her intentional conduct to obtain the pills” [para 66]. The Court...Read More
Searles v Economical Insurance, 2022 ONSC 7217. Reading Time: 3 minutes (approx.) By: Weston McArthur (Articled Clerk) Christine and Darrell Searles, the Applicants, had a home insurance policy with Economical Mutual. Eventually, the Applicants sold their home. In 2013, the purchaser of the home sued the Applicants for damages, alleging that home renovations done by...Read More
Bains v Cheema, 2022 BCCA 430. Reading Time: 5 minutes (approx.) By: Weston McArthur (Articled Clerk) Dilsher Cheema was injured in a rear-end motor vehicle accident that took place on January 28, 2018. Liability was not in issue, and the trial judge awarded the Plaintiff $102,062.86 in overall damages, $50,000 of which was awarded for...Read More
