Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General has established a ‘technical table’ to review issues surrounding rising municipal insurance costs, including joint and several liability. “Insurance costs for municipalities in Ontario have been rising, and the subject of much concern for…
The Ontario government wants to hear from insurance companies on the controversial joint and several liability rule, which some say is unfair to deep pockets defendants. “What we are looking for is consultation with the lawyers, the insurance industry, et…
TORONTO – Ontario is taking a look at municipalities’ concerns about a legal rule that they say causes “liability chill” and leads some to ban activities such as street hockey and tobogganing. In a speech Monday to the Rural Ontario…