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$14.7 million settlement in sex abuse class action against Montreal archdiocese
April 14, 2023 Sidhartha Banerjee - THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL – A $14.7-million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought against the Montreal Roman Catholic archdiocese, and a judge will be asked to sign off on the deal in the coming weeks, the plaintiffs’ lawyer said Thursday.…
Insurers beware: Why your settlements may not be secure
February 16, 2021 by Canadian UnderwriterA record-keeping blunder more than 50 years ago means London, Ont.’s Catholic diocese faces a new multi-million-dollar lawsuit over sexual abuse during the early 1970s of an elementary school student by a priest. The Supreme Court of Canada announced Feb.…
Class-action suit filed over alleged orphanage abuse
February 10, 2021 Laura Dhillon Kane - THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER – A Catholic order shuffled known abusers from a notorious Newfoundland orphanage to two schools in the Vancouver area where more boys were victimized, a lawsuit alleges. A proposed class-action suit filed Monday in British Columbia Supreme Court says…
Church’s liability to victims confirmed as legal battle over Mount Cashel abuse ends
January 18, 2021 Sarah Smellie - THE CANADIAN PRESSST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The Supreme Court of Canada has refused a bid by the Roman Catholic archdiocese in St. John’s to appeal a ruling that found it liable for sexual abuse at the former Mount Cashel orphanage. Thursday’s court…
Quebec class-action request filed on behalf of alleged victims of ex-hockey coach
September 2, 2020 Morgan Lowrie - THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL – A Quebec law firm is launching a $10-million class-action lawsuit on behalf of the alleged victims of a former Montreal police officer and hockey coach who died awaiting trial on sex-related charges. The request for authorization filed Tuesday…
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…
Sexual abuse class-action against Montreal oratory can proceed
June 7, 2019 by Greg MeckbachIf you provide commercial liability coverage for religious organizations, you might want to check Friday’s Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in L’Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal v. J.J. The decision paves the way for a class action lawsuit against Montreal’s St.…
Aviva loses $7-million coverage dispute over sexual abuse liability
May 23, 2019 by Greg MeckbachCanada’s top court said today it will not hear an appeal from Aviva Canada of a ruling in favour of a New Brunswick church diocese. L’Évêque catholique romain de Bathurst, a diocese that oversees Roman Catholic parishes in the northeastern…
Why appeal court quashed this punitive damage award
March 21, 2019 by Greg MeckbachIf your client is successfully sued for being vicariously liable for the behaviour of a sexual offender, should that client have to pay punitive damages simply for not admitting liability before the trial? Judges are not unanimous on this issue.…