Monthly Archives: January 2005

Threshold Ruling Does Not Imply Causal Connection

The Court of Appeal has just released an important decision that will be of interest to those handling MVA claims. In Igbokwe v. Price, the court ruled that the trial judge’s finding, that the plaintiff’s injuries met the Insurance Act … Continue reading

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Threshold Motion Succeeds

The Divisional Court’s decision in Frankfurter v. Gibbons, which was the subject of an earlier Update, has already been applied in an Ontario Superior Court trial decision. In Bridgewater v. James, Mr. Justice Herman J. Wilton-Siegel cited the Frankfurter decision … Continue reading

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No Duty to Remind Insured of Excluded Driver Endorsement

In Hunter v. Economical Insurance Group, Mr. Justice Robert MacKinnon of the Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an excluded driver endorsement was not ambiguous and that even though the accident occurred three years after the endorsement was issued, the … Continue reading

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Good News on Costs

Happy New Year to all of our subscribers. We are pleased to tell you that you are now able to view our previous Updates at our website: www.cavanaghwilliams.com We are attaching a copy of the costs decision in Hartwick v. … Continue reading

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