We offer a full range of services in insurance and personal litigation in the following areas:

  • Property and Casualty insurance, including:
    • fire losses
    • water damage
    • environmental claims including oil spills and mold infestation
    • product liability
    • construction liability
    • contractor's liability and
    • other commercial general liability claims
  • Personal injury litigation including:
    • automobile litigation
    • statuatory accident benefits
    • medical malpractice litigation
    • occupier's liability
    • disability insurance
  • Insurance coverage disputes
  • Fraudulent insurance claims
  • Subrogation
  • CGL and homeowner's policy claims
  • Construction liens

Our lawyers have acted in many notable cases including:

  • Successfully acting for the homeowners in a property damage matter involving a residential oil spill which went to trial and resulted in a jury award of 1.3 million dollars in damages including the largest general damage jury award in Canada for non-medical damages. This award was upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal upon appeal
  • Successfully representing insured defendants who did fire remediation work in the plaintiffs' house. Costs were awarded against the plaintiffs in the sum of 1.1 million dollars after a five month jury trial, with the jury assessing liability and damages at zero for our clients
  • Acting for the Insurance Bureau of Canada in a successful appeal to the Court of Appeal of a decision that a backhoe was an automobile within the definition of the Insurance Act
  • Acting for an insurance company in a fraudulent claim regarding alleged injuries sustained in an automobile accident by the plaintiff. The case was dismissed by the judge with costs against the plaintiff
  • Successfully defending an insurance company's right to enter polygraph test results into evidence to refute allegations of bad faith in a property manner
  • Successfully defending an insurance company on the basis of lack of insurable interest on stolen property, including at the Court of Appeal. This is a leading case on insurable interest in Ontario
  • Defending an insured defendant through a two week trial on a claim of serious knee injury and lifelong income loss, with the resulting jury award beating the defendant's offer to settle amount
  • Succeeding on a motion for summary judgement on the basis of excluded driver endorsement without executed endorsement on further policy renewals
  • Successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal against an Application that found an excess insurer liable to a primary insurer for costs upon a settlement in excess of the primary insurance policy limits
  • Successfully had claims dismissed on the basis of the expiration of limitation periods under the Highway Traffic Act and the Insurance Act