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- Off-Coverage Positions: The Requirement for Reasons
Written By: Dale Orlando and William Harding During the trial of a personal injury case, the defence lawyer will do their best to leave the members of the jury with the impression that the Defendant in the case will have to pay personally whatever judgment is awarded. This, of course, is almost nev … Read more »
- The Toronto Star – Weekend hit-and-run deaths raise a question: Why don’t Toronto police name traffic victims?
“Weekend hit-and-run deaths raise a question: Why don’t Toronto police name traffic victims?” published by May Warren for The Star, discusses when and why police should release the identities of pedestrians and cyclists killed on the city streets. For example, Toronto Police say that they do not rel … Read more »
- Casterton v MacIsaac, 2020 CanLII 1088 (ON SC)
Written By: Joseph A. Cescon and Ryan Marinacci, Law Student “Each player also testified, however, that blindside hits – especially hits to the head – are absolutely prohibited. They have no place in recreational play, or in any hockey game.” In Casterton v MacIsaac, 2020 CanLII 1088 (ON SC), Justic … Read more »
- The Morning Show on AM640 – ‘Speed kills’: personal injury lawyer runs through ideas that could improve pedestrian safety, reduce deaths
In 2019, 41 pedestrians died in Toronto, nearly 10% more than the city’s average over the previous 5 years. McLeish Orlando Partner, Patrick Brown, sat down with Mike Stafford of The Morning Show on AM640 on January 6, 2020, to discuss pedestrian safety. Oliver Moore, Urban Affairs Reporter with The … Read more »
- Hummel v. Jantzi: Commercial Host Liability and Contributory Negligence
Written By: Taraneh Etemadi and Brock Turville, Student-at-Law In the 2019 Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision of Hummel v. Jantzi[1], Justice Taylor determined the negligence and liability of the plaintiff, defendant, and a bar that over-served the parties, contributing to a collision that o … Read more »