Jul 7, 2015 | Commercial Litigation, Insurance
By: Melissa A. Wright, Litigation Associate The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently held that an additional insured was covered by a policy, where there was no direct claim against the named insured, even though the coverage was limited to claims arising from...
Jan 26, 2015 | Commercial Litigation, Insurance
By: Camille M. Dunbar, Litigation Associate The British Columbia Supreme Court recently released its decision in Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc. v. Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company,[1] which considered for the first time in Canada the LEG 2/96 clause, a...
Sep 24, 2014 | Commercial Litigation, Insurance
By: Lawrence G. Theall, Partner The Ontario Court of Appeal recently held that a broad contributing cause exclusion does not apply simply because an excluded peril was included in the chain of causation. In O’Byrne v. Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Co.,[1]...
