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Parveen and AVIVA: Practical steps for settlement of AB Claims
8 mai 2012
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Since the Parveen and AVIVA decision (and its companion Fredric and AVIVA) was published on March 30, 2012 there has been considerable confusion regarding the adequacy of the Settlement Disclosure Notice (“SDN”). Prior to that time, the SDN has been understood to have...
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Regarding Liability of Road Authority
4 mai 2012
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
On May 3, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an application for leave to appeal the dismissal of an action seeking damages for alleged negligent road maintenance [Morsi v. Fermar Paving Limited et al, SCC 34515]. The claim arose...
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Insurer Must Pay Stripper Pole Benefits
1 mai 2012
Blogue : Droit des assurances
Yesterday the Ontario Divisional Court unanimously upheld FSCO’s decisions in Whipple v. Economical (affectionately known as the “stripper pole” case). In Whipple, the claimant and his golf buddies were returning via Interstate 90 from a day of golfing in New...
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Employer Found Liable of Defamation and Procedural Abuse Towards its Former Employee
27 avril 2012
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Author: Marie-Pier Côté An Employer terminated its Employee, an accounting clerk, for it firmly believed that she had stolen a sum of $30,000 over a certain period of time. A succession of proceedings ensued. The Court of Québec recently put...
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Ontario Court of Appeal Rules Husband Found Not Criminally Responsible for Wife’s Death Entitled to Life Insurance Proceeds
25 avril 2012
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
A husband and wife separated in 1992. In 1998 the husband took out a life insurance policy on his wife. In 2006 he killed his wife. He was charged with second degree murder. At trial was found not criminally responsible....
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Improper Use of Company Data Yields Large Damage Award
24 avril 2012
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
I. Introduction Most companies consider the proprietary information that they develop in the course of business is an asset worthy of protection. One area of concern is the use or misuse of such information by former...
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FSCO’s Settlement Disclosure Notice Overruled by FSCO
23 avril 2012
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
FSCO Arbitrator Suesan Alves has ruled that the (FSCO) prescribed Settlement Disclosure Notice might be inadequate to effect settlement. In Parveen v. Aviva, a preliminary issue was whether Ms. Parveen had rescinded her accident benefits settlement and was entitled to move to arbitration....
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ONCA Sets Limitation Period for Loss Transfer Claims
6 avril 2012
Blogue : Droit des assurances
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has clarified the limitation period law for loss transfer arbitrations. The issue before the Court was whether the limitation period to initiate arbitration starts the day after the first party insurer sends a loss...
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Entitlements of Employees who Resign with an Extended Notice Period
3 avril 2012
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
In the absence of a contractual provision to the contrary, an employee must provide his or her employer with reasonable notice of his or her resignation. Occasionally, however, an employer may find itself faced with the question of how to...
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FSCO Fails to Force Facilities to Face Forbearance for Fraud
29 mars 2012
Blogue : Droit des assurances
A FSCO arbitrator has denied an insurer’s request to stay 15 arbitration proceedings while it pursues fraud claims against notorious clinics at the Superior Court. There are 15 unrelated arbitration matters with a common denominator: the involvement of Assessment Direct...
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