Waivers – Rogers Partners LLP https://www.rogerspartners.com Thu, 30 Jan 2025 03:14:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.19 Sign and Beware: The Enforceability of Liability Waivers in Limiting Legal Responsibility https://www.rogerspartners.com/sign-and-beware-the-enforceability-of-liability-waivers-in-limiting-legal-responsibility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sign-and-beware-the-enforceability-of-liability-waivers-in-limiting-legal-responsibility https://www.rogerspartners.com/sign-and-beware-the-enforceability-of-liability-waivers-in-limiting-legal-responsibility/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:53:36 +0000 https://www.rogerspartners.com/?p=7277 By Elizabeth Branopolski In Bernier v. Ottawa, 2024 ONSC 6725, the plaintiffs brought an action for injuries sustained while participating in a cycling event. The Defendants, Ville d’Ottawa, GrandFondo Ottawa, and Greg Capello, sought to rely on the terms of a waiver signed by the plaintiff to dismiss the action.   Background The plaintiff, Sandra Bernier, […]

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]]> https://www.rogerspartners.com/sign-and-beware-the-enforceability-of-liability-waivers-in-limiting-legal-responsibility/feed/ 0 Fridays with Rogers Partners https://www.rogerspartners.com/fridays-with-rogers-partners-67/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fridays-with-rogers-partners-67 https://www.rogerspartners.com/fridays-with-rogers-partners-67/#respond Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:13:03 +0000 https://www.rogerspartners.com/?p=5514 At our weekly meeting, Pip Swartz led a further discussion on the decision in Arksey v. Sky Zone Toronto[1]. A summary of the case from our previous discussion of it can be found here: https://www.rogerspartners.com/fridays-with-rogers-partners-47/ During our firm’s discussion of Arksey, a hypothetical question was raised: how would the judge have ruled in Arksey if […]

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]]> https://www.rogerspartners.com/fridays-with-rogers-partners-67/feed/ 0 Fridays with Rogers Partners https://www.rogerspartners.com/fridays-with-rogers-partners-47/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fridays-with-rogers-partners-47 https://www.rogerspartners.com/fridays-with-rogers-partners-47/#respond Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:29:56 +0000 https://www.rogerspartners.com/?p=5126 At our weekly meeting, Athina Ionita discussed the recent decision in Arksey v Sky Zone Toronto, 2021 ONSC 4594. In that case, the defendant moved for a summary judgment motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s claim for damages for personal injury. The plaintiff was injured when attending at the defendant’s premises, Sky Zone, a trampoline recreation […]

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]]> https://www.rogerspartners.com/fridays-with-rogers-partners-47/feed/ 0 From the Desk of Jocelyn Brogan https://www.rogerspartners.com/desk-jocelyn-brogan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=desk-jocelyn-brogan https://www.rogerspartners.com/desk-jocelyn-brogan/#respond Thu, 23 May 2019 12:40:57 +0000 http://www.rogerspartners.com/?p=1768 Outside of work life, I often find myself noticing conditions or activities carried out on properties that have the potential of being the subject matter of a personal injury action. However, just because I notice the vulnerabilities of occupiers in everyday life, this certainly does not mean that a potential lawsuit equates to a claim […]

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