Evolution of bad faith claims in Canada: Key case law since Whiten

By Samantha Ip and Erin Barnes (July 31, 2019, 9:58 AM EDT) -- The most common conduct of insurers that is subject to bad faith claims is the type of conduct at issue in two significant British Columbia cases. In 2011, in Sidhu v. The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co. 2011 BCSC 1117 the British Columbia Supreme Court awarded $50,000 in punitive damages against the insurer for bad faith conduct....