Oct 3, 2014 | Commercial Litigation, Product Liability
By: Jeffrey A. Brown, Partner The Ontario Superior Court of Justice rendered a decision[1] involving a product liability claim that considered new legislation and guidelines arising from the Walkerton water crisis. This case suggests that even if there has been no...
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]...
