Personal Injury
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June 12, 2024
Federal Court of Appeal allows appeal in part challenging federal employee COVID-19 mandates
The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal in part by federal employees who argued that the government's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies breached their Charter rights, granting them leave to amend their claims.
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June 11, 2024
Ex-Chief Justice of Canada says judges of Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal remain independent
In the wake of Beijing’s escalating crackdown on independent voices and institutions in Hong Kong since China enacted and expanded a sweeping “national security law,” Hong Kong’s top court is still independent, retired Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said as she announced her planned departure next month from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
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June 10, 2024
PROCEEDINGS — Settlements — Costs — Offers to settle — Interest
Claim by plaintiff for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiff's vehicle ("Aspen") collided with a van. She did not suffer any injury from the first collision though the front end of her Aspen was damaged, together with other vehicles ahead of the van involved in the collision. The plaintiff and her passenger were instructed by the fire chief to wait inside the Aspen. However, the defendant's vehicle struck the Aspen from behind, causing it to spin roughly 180 degrees in a clockwise direction to face north (second collision).
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June 10, 2024
Cellphones in Ontario schools: ‘I can do it with a broken heart’ | Marvin Zuker
“Cause I’m a real tough kid, I can handle my s---," says an ode on Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department. “I cry a lot, but I am so productive, it’s an art.” — So very true; thank goodness for our teachers and the everyday sacrifices they make to make it work.
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June 07, 2024
HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS — Liability (malpractice) — Negligence — Causation — Duty of care
Appeal by appellants from trial judge’s dismissal of their negligence action on grounds that appellants had established prima facie case on causation and respondent failed to adduce evidence sufficient to displace that prima facie case. Johnson suffered two strokes.
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June 07, 2024
New innovator-in-residence at Ontario Bar Association
The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) announced in a June 5 news release that it had appointed Colin Lachance as the innovator-in-residence for the 2024-25 year.
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June 07, 2024
SCC rules on interplay of informer privilege & open courts in so-called secret trial case
The Supreme Court of Canada says no “secret” trial occurred during the in-camera prosecution of a confidential police informer in Quebec, but it has ordered 9-0 that a redacted trial judgment should be made public, which contains no information that might identify the police informer in breach of what the top court has previously described as the “extremely broad and powerful” informer privilege.
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June 05, 2024
Cellphones in Ontario schools: What is doxxing? | Marvin Zuker
Doxxing is a type of cyberbullying in which someone reveals or uses personal, financial or other information to cause damage to the victim.
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June 05, 2024
Dog bites and bylaws: Is a municipality responsible for a dog bite injury?
The CBC recently featured an article about Dominique Alain, a Quebec woman who suffered a horrific attack by three dogs, leaving her severely injured. In that case, the town (in addition to the dogs’ owner) was found responsible for the attack. Alain’s lawyer told CBC that while the case did not necessarily set a precedent to hold municipalities responsible for every dog attack, it showed towns must act if they are aware of a dangerous situation.
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June 04, 2024
First Nation sues Canada and Ontario over decades-long mercury contamination
The Grassy Narrows First Nation has filed a lawsuit against Ontario and Canada, alleging that the Crown breached its obligations to the First Nation by failing to protect their right to fish in a river that has been contaminated with mercury for decades.