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How liability coverage limits determined what this bar owed in commercial host lawsuit
May 25, 2020 by Greg MeckbachA bar found 20% liable for an impaired driving accident has to pay two-thirds of the plaintiff’s legal costs and wound up paying double for damages what the at-fault motorist paid. Hummel v. Jantzi, released May 14 by the Ontario…
Opinion: The dangers around the pandemic of litigation
May 4, 2020 Philip Cook, Chairman, Omega Insurance Holdings Inc.As we optimistically look forward to at least the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 virus, our industry should start to prepare for the “pandemic of litigation” that will undoubtedly follow. Our property and business interruption policies will be…
Why it’s hard to determine liability when a plaintiff catches coronavirus in nursing home
May 1, 2020 by Greg MeckbachLiability insurers and courts could be entering uncharted legal territory when dealing with class-action lawsuits against nursing homes or long-term care homes in which residents have become sick and died from the coronavirus. In some cases, a question before a…
The opportunity insurers are missing as COVID-19 cancels events
April 24, 2020 by Jason ContantAs large sporting and entertainment events get cancelled across Canada and the world as a result of COVID-19, the insurance implications affect not only event organizers themselves, but also promotional partners, licensees and businesses involved in merchandising. While event organizers…
The liability of long-term care facilities: COVID-19’s projected impact
April 24, 2020 by Greg MeckbachThe COVID-19 pandemic could cause large losses for liability insurers covering nursing homes and long-term care facilities, and therefore further tightening of rates, a Canadian managing general agent predicts. “There are a lot of exposures in the business,” Stephen Stewart,…
Liability claims that could arise from the pandemic
April 22, 2020 by Greg MeckbachOne result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will be liability claims against company boards, property and casualty industry watchers predict. “I think we will see litigation coming out of this,” Shara Roy, a partner with law firm Lenczner Slaght Royce…
Will more Canadian insurers introduce COVID-inspired D&O exclusions?
April 21, 2020 by Jason ContantThe Canadian insurance industry will struggle with adding exclusions related to COVID-19 in directors and officers (D&O) policies, “particularly in light of the fear that adding them now will suggest past policies did not exclude these issues,” a Toronto lawyer…
Coronavirus triage protocols: Hard choices over ventilator shortages shouldn’t put doctors at legal risk
April 14, 2020 Jocelyn Downie, James Palmer Chair in Public Policy and Law, University Research Professor, Dalhousie University - THE CANADIAN PRESSThis article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Author: Jocelyn Downie, James Palmer Chair in Public Policy and Law,…
This type of claim should dry up in Ontario with COVID-19
March 27, 2020 by Greg MeckbachWith the Ontario government ordering the closure of bars and nightclubs, this should eliminate – temporarily – one category of commercial liability claim. “I don’t think claims will be launched against commercial hosts at this time,” said Mouna Hanna, an…
Why this ski resort’s waiver argument doesn’t cut it with appeal court
March 10, 2020 by Greg MeckbachA British Columbia judge should not have used a North Vancouver ski resort’s warning notices to throw a personal injury lawsuit out of court, the province’s appeal court found in a ruling released March 4. In Apps v. Grouse Mountain…
Why this religious organization wants to appeal sexual abuse lawsuit
March 5, 2020 by Greg MeckbachA corporate defendant found vicariously liable in a multi-million-dollar sexual abuse lawsuit wants to go to the Supreme Court of Canada and seek a new jury trial, a lawyer in MacLeod v. Marshall told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday. In 2018, a…
Considering your climate risks? The solvency regulator is, too…
March 3, 2020 by David GambrillClimate change risk is very much on the radar of Canada’s solvency regulator. In a mid-February speech to the 17th Annual Review of Insolvency Law (ARIL) Conference in Vancouver, B.C., Jeremy Rudin, Canada’s superintendent of financial institutions, outlined three climate-related…