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Commercial/Tort Case Law Summaries

Thomas Gold Pettingill LLP is pleased to provide this online resource to our clients. Below is a searchable database of key cases impacting the defence of tort personal injury files. Assembled by Sarah Jones, Natasha O'Toole, and Chris Schnarr, each case is reviewed, briefly summarized, and categorized for easy access.

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June 17, 2019
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Hengeveld v. The Personal Insurance Company, 2019 ONCA 497

The plaintiff sued an insurance company for spoliation of evidence (failing to preserve an automobile in which the plaintiff was injured). The insurance company alleged the plaintiffs' own lawyers were negligent in failing to ensure the evidence was preserved. The lawyers brought a successful motion to strike the third party claim, and the decision was...
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June 14, 2019
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Zambo v. 848875 Ontario Inc., 2019 ONCA 499

The plaintiff sustained injuries as a result of a slip and fall incident in the parking lot of the defendant's store. At trial, the jury found that the defendant took such reasonable care in all the circumstances to see that the plaintiff was reasonably safe while on the premises. The defence led evidence that: there...
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June 13, 2019
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Hummel v. Jantzi, 2019 ONSC 3571

The plaintiff sustained personal injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident caused by the defendant driver following his departure from the defendant bar. The plaintiff was a passenger in the defendant driver's vehicle and had also attended the defendant bar on the evening of the accident. At the time of the collision, the...
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June 10, 2019
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Rocky Heights v. Biber, 2019 ONSC 3593

The plaintiff's insurer paid for a fire loss under the property section of an insurance policy issued to the plaintiff. The insurer then sought to sue the tenant that caused the fire; however the tenant defendant was an insured under the CGL portion of the same policy, as she was an officer of the plaintiff...
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June 5, 2019
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Wray v. Pereira, 2019 ONSC 3354

The plaintiff recovered $2,000 at trial, after consideration for the statutory deductible and threshold. The defendant did not make any offers to settle in the action. The plaintiff offered $75,000 to settle shortly before trial. The plaintiff sought over $275,000 in costs and disbursements following trial. Justice McKelvey awarded the plaintiff $40,000 in costs inclusive...
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May 31, 2019
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Tilli v. Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, 2019 ONSC 1783

The plaintiff student brought an action against the defendant student, school board, and teachers, for injuries sustained in a physical altercation that took place on school premises. The school board and teachers were alleged to have been negligent in failing to provide adequate supervision to prevent the altercation from occurring. Justice Arrell held that there...
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May 28, 2019
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Yelland v. Sunrise et al., 2019 ONSC 2842

A resident of the defendant senior residence choked to death as a result of the improper installation of a halo device to her bed. The residence advised the resident's family that she died of natural causes and the family only learned of the true cause after speaking to the coroner. 14 of the deceased family...
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May 22, 2019
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St. Lawrence Testing & Inspection Co. Ltd. v. Lanark Leeds Distribution Ltd., 2019 CanLII 69697 (ON SCSM)

The plaintiff and defendant were both innocent victims of a cybercrime, which resulted in the funds paid by the defendant to settle the plaintiff's claim being sent to a fraudster. The defendants assumed the funds to be unrecoverable and brought a motion seeking an order for judgment confirming that the terms of settlement were satisfied....
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May 21, 2019
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Wilson-Flewelling v. Queensway Carleton Hospital, 2019 CanLII 65155 (ON SCSM)

The plaintiff left a completed surgical booking package in a drop box at the defendant hospital. The package was subsequently returned to her by mail. The hospital did not take responsibility for the misplaced booking records and the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario was unable to make a determination as to who was responsible...
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May 8, 2019
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Ali v. Smart REIT, 2019 ONSC 2824

The plaintiff attended the defendant strip mall on a summer afternoon. After parking her car, she walked towards the store she intended to attend. In order to access the store, she needed to traverse the sidewalk that ran in front of all stores in the plaza, which was raised above the roadway. The plaintiff tripped...
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April 29, 2019
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Trudeau v. Cavanagh, 2019 ONSC 2485

The plaintiff commenced an action for personal injuries arising from a motor vehicle accident. At the material time, the plaintiff was an excluded driver on a Wawanesa insurance policy. The defendant discovered the exclusion and brought a motion for summary judgment pursuant to section 267.6 of the Insurance Act which provides that a person is...
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April 25, 2019
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Ruddell v. Gore Mutual Insurance Company, 2019 ONCA 328

The plaintiffs brought an action pursuant to section 258(1) of the Insurance Act for payment of insurance monies to satisfy a judgment for damages suffered by them as a result of a single vehicle motor vehicle accident. The issue on the underlying summary judgment motion was which of Gore Mutual Insurance Company (the insurer of...
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April 25, 2019
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Bonter v. Estate of Nathan Laird et al., 2019 ONSC 2604

The plaintiff was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident. The owner of the vehicle that collided with the plaintiff had given the defendant driver keys to her vehicle in order for him to retrieve his cigarettes from it. Instead of doing so, the defendant driver took the car and drove away. The defendant owner...
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April 18, 2019
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Clark v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 311

The plaintiffs commenced an action against the Attorney General, alleging that the Crown attorneys that prosecuted the plaintiffs' criminal charges were negligent and misfeasant. The Crown brought a motion to strike on various grounds, including pursuant to Rule 21.01(1)(a) on the grounds that the action was barred by the expiry of the limitation period. The...
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April 12, 2019
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Gendron v. Doug C. Thompson Ltd. (Thompson Fuels), 2019 ONCA 293

The plaintiff suffered damages as a result of an oil spill and sued multiple parties including the relevant oil technician and the oil tank manufacturer. Before trial, the plaintiff and the oil tank manufacturer entered into a Pierringer agreement. The trial judge apportioned liability: 40% to the defendant oil technician and 60% to the plaintiff....
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April 8, 2019
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Miano v. Campos, 2019 ONSC 1816

The plaintiff was injured by a passing vehicle while on the shoulder of a highway. He could not identify the owner/operator of the vehicle and commenced an action against his own insurer pursuant to the unidentified motorist provisions of his auto policy. The insurer later obtained the police file, which potentially identified the driver of...
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March 25, 2019
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Ledger v. Sabourin et al., 2019 ONSC 1893

The plaintiff sustained personal injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident. At the time of the accident, the defendant driver was not licensed to drive. The sole issue before the court at the commencement of trial was whether the defendant driver possessed the defendant owner's vehicle with consent at the time of the...
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March 22, 2019
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Gilbraith v. Intact Insurance Company, 2019 ONSC 1875

The plaintiff was injured when the passenger of an unidentified vehicle threw eggs at her. She commenced claims against Intact pursuant to the family protection coverage endorsement to her father's auto policy, and against the Superintendent of Financial Services seeking the mandatory uninsured automobile coverage for damages occasioned by an unidentified motor vehicle when the...
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March 19, 2019
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McCabe v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation

The plaintiff was sexually abused by a priest when he was 11 years old and commenced an action for damages against the defendant church several years later. The church declined to admit liability until the start of trial. The trial proceeded on an assessment of damages and the plaintiff was awarded general damages in the...
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March 15, 2019
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Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 205

The plaintiff RCMP employee alleged that he was harassed and bullied by the RCMP during his employment. The trial judge held that the tort of harassment exists in Ontario and found that certain of the plaintiff's experiences in the course of his employment with the RCMP satisfied the elements of the tort of harassment. On...
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March 13, 2019
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Colistro v. Tbaytel, 2019 ONCA 197

While there is no tort of harassment, an employer's mishandling of workplace harassment may increase damages for related torts and dismissal. The plaintiff was a long-time employee of the defendant company. She complained that she was sexually harassed by another employee and that employee was dismissed from the company. Several years later, the perpetrator was...
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