Product Liability E-Communiqué - September 2015

In This Issue

1. Goodbye ... Newman! Ontario Court of Appeal Overturns Itself, Clarifying Vicarious Liability for Vehicle Owners
2. Para-Normal Defence Medicals: Court of Appeal Affirms Broader Scope of Defence Medicals
3. The Supreme Court of Canada Has The Final Word
4. Regulating Risk: Keeping You Up-To-Date on Product Regulation

Goodbye ... Newman! Ontario Court of Appeal Overturns Itself, Clarifying Vicarious Liability for Vehicle Owners

By Christopher Horkins

In Fernandes v. Araujo the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned one of its own previous decisions, clarifying a half-century old area of confusion in the law on vicarious liability for vehicle owners. The Court's ruling is a helpful development for automotive manufacturers defending product liability cases.