Your search for ‘Samis + Company’ returned 67 results

In Persampieri v. Hobbs, the Plaintiff was rear-ended by the Defendant and brought a tort claim for damages. Following a two week trial, the jury awarded net damages of $20,414.83.

In the recent case of Brown v. Marriott, Ontario's Superior Court provided further guidance on the obligation of occupiers to take reasonable measures to ensure persons entering on premises...

The Court of Appeal has upheld a trial judge's decision finding the City of Sudbury negligent for failure to properly maintain a roadway during inclement winter conditions.

In a decision on a preliminary issue, dated November 18, 2016, Arbitrator Schnapp held that a catastrophically impaired Applicant missed the two year limitation period.

The Court of Appeal released two decisions that hopefully put to bed the debate about the effect of legislative changes made in 2015.

In Grieves v. Parsons, the Plaintiff was injured in a motorcycle accident on July 24, 2012.

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal recently released decision #1572/16 confirming that a company's failure to register with the Board is not, in and of itself, a bar to a worker receiving benefits from the WSIB.

The Court of Appeal has affirmed a Superior Court decision which determined that Starbucks assumed responsibility and control and became an occupier of a portion of a municipal sidewalk.

Auto insurance coverage issues can be very obvious – or very discreet. Auto Insurance Coverage Law in Ontario deals with the challenges of addressing the myriad possible issues that can arise in the context of an auto insurance dispute.

When you represent an institutional client in priority or loss transfer disputes, is your client leaving money on the table? They probably are without realizing it.

The Court of Appeal has brought some clarity to time limits for appraisals under the Insurance Act.

On August 4, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Intact v. Allstate and changed the correctness standard of review for appeals from private arbitrations to one of reasonableness.

The arbitrator started by defining the duration of the time period pre-loss to be considered that would give the best indication of the situation that existed as of the date of loss.

The arbitrator initially found that the claimant's injuries arose from an "accident" as defined in the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule – Effective September 1, 2010 (SABS).

In this January 5, 2018 priority dispute private arbitration award of Ken Bialkowski, the main issue was principle dependency; a construct of the definitions contained in s. 3(7)(b) of the SABS.

Can an occupier, who is also a "supplier" under the Consumer Protection Act, defeat an Occupiers Liability Act claim by relying on a liability waiver that might violate the CPA?

Depending on the wording of the policy, the Ontario Court of Appeal has affirmed that Long Term Disability Benefit carriers can receive a deduction for any Non-Earner Benefits received by an Insured.