A WOMAN WALKS INTO A BAR…
Aug2
A woman walks into a pole that is resting in the back of a parked truck, hits her head and suffers an injury. The Ontario Court of Appeal finds that she was struck by a car. These are essentially the facts in Lewis v. Economical Insurance Group, 2010 ONCA 528, in which Justice Laskin held, [...]
LESSEE’S INSURER NEED NOT DEFEND LESSOR
Jul4
On April 13, 2011 the Court of Appeal released a decision that will change the way motor vehicle accident cases are defended in situations where a defendant was driving or had leased a rented vehicle. The case of Nguyet v. King, [2011], O.J. No. 1699 (ONCA), stands for the proposition that even if the lessee’s [...]