January 19, 2023
In Henry v. Zaitlen, 2022 ONSC 7259, the court considered the applicable rate of prejudgment interest (“PJI”). In the Courts of Justice Act, the PJI rate for non-pecuniary loss is 5% per year. However, in MacLeod v. Marshall, 2019 ONCA 892, the Court of Appeal held that the trial judge erred in awarding PJI at […]
January 11, 2023
By Riley Groskopf The License Appeal Tribunal (“LAT”) recently released its reconsideration decision in Iravani-Fard v. Economical Insurance, 2022 CanLII 109480. The decision addresses the consequences of a claimant’s failure to attend insurer examinations, and recognizes the rights granted to insurers by the SABS. Facts at issue The claimant was involved in a motor vehicle […]
December 21, 2022
By Michael Brown While COVID-19 continues to rear its head in the Ontario court system, there have been some teachable moments arising from the pandemic and the litigation resulting from it. Recently, the Ontario Court of Appeal considered the suitability of a commonly utilized pre-trial procedure, a request to admit, being used in an untraditional […]
December 14, 2022
By Meryl Rodrigues In a recent Costs Endorsement decision in Kesete v. Gaspar[i], the Ontario Superior Court addressed an argument that a plaintiff’s alleged impecuniosity should bar any – or anything more than nominal – costs being awarded to a successful defendant. The decision followed a 14-day jury trial, in which judgment was granted in […]
December 13, 2022
In Kahissay v. Intact Insurance, 2022 ONSC 6357, a statutory accident benefits claimant appealed a decision of an adjudicator of the Licence Appeal Tribunal related to attending insurer’s medical examinations. The Divisional Court issued a notice indicating that the court was considering dismissing the appeal on the basis that it does not have jurisdiction to […]
December 07, 2022
By Kathryn Orydzuk In MDG Newmarket Inc. v Symonds, 2022 ONSC 6481, Justice Vermette rendered a decision on an interesting motion that touched upon the doctrine of abuse of process, and when commencing a separate action in the Superior Court may effectively be considered an attempt to transfer a matter out of the Small Claims […]