10/1/2025 9:25:41 PM Tick Tock: Time is of the Essence for Insurers to Raise Coverage Concerns By Neil Zimmerman Jayden Wlasichuk On September 8, 2025, the Federal Court released its decision in Elite Insurance Company (Aviva) v Borgatti Estate, 2025 FC 1471, where...
9/5/2025 4:02:05 PM Fairness in Business Interruption Coverage – 1048977 BC Ltd. v Aviva Insurance Company, 2025 BCSC 1532 By Steven Wang Case Citation: 1048977 BC Ltd. v Aviva Insurance Company, 2025 BCSC 1532 The plaintiff numbered company brought a claim against its...
8/21/2025 5:45:05 PM Selective Disclosure = Full Exposure: BC Court Expands Privilege Waiver in Coverage Case By Amrit Kalra The Insurer’s ‘liberal’ approach to document production opened the door to wider waiver of privilege in Pacific Sands Beach Resort v....
7/30/2025 4:12:05 PM Security for Costs Do Not Come Easy: A Lesson from Bains v Adam 2025 ABCA 235 By Inderpal Gill In Bains v Adam, 2023 ABKB 491, Dr. Jagdev Singh Bains brought three actions against the various named defendants, relating to three...
6/26/2025 8:00:55 PM Thank You, Sherlock: A Claimant’s Duty to Investigate following Eberhardt By Nathan Belsek In Eberhardt v Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2025 BCSC 1069, the Supreme Court of British Columbia considered the scope of...
5/6/2025 5:12:34 PM Lumping Together Past and Future Income Loss Awards? You Can’t Do That. Lessons from Lewis v Gibeau, 2025 BCCA 127 By Neil Zimmerman Inderpal Gill This is an appeal from a decision of the BC Supreme Court in Lewis v Gibeau, 2023 BCSC 784, a personal injury case from 2016 where a...
4/22/2025 4:45:15 PM Burned by Butane, Denied by the Policy: Intent and Insurance in McGregor By Drew Wilson Is subjective intent relevant for the purposes of a criminal act exclusion clause in a home owner’s policy? The short answer is no. In...
3/28/2025 3:35:12 PM Clearing the Smoke: Ambiguous Marijuana Exclusions in Insurance Policies By Sarah Rhydderch In Busato case (2025 BCCA 79), the British Columbia Court of Appeal considered the applicability of an exclusion clause in a...
3/17/2025 8:40:11 PM Case Comment: Chisholm v. Valemount Forest Products Ltd., 2025 BCCA 48 By Sarah Holder Case Citation: Chisholm v. Valemount Forest Products Ltd., 2025 BCCA 48 Background Facts The Plaintiff was riding his motorcycle on the...
3/11/2025 6:21:28 PM Drawing the Line: Court Denies Paralegal Coverage Under Lawyer’s Policy By Arman Brar Case Citation: Pryce v. Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company, 2024 ONSC 6195 Overview In Pryce v. Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity...
2/14/2025 8:41:30 PM Waive Liability Goodbye: Takeaways from Bernier v. Ville d’Ottawa By Iqra Azhar In Bernier (Litigation Guardian of) v. Ottawa (City), 2024 ONSC 6725, the plaintiff sought damages for injuries she suffered while...
1/8/2025 6:35:58 PM When Employment Controls the Journey: Lessons from Fushtey v. WCB, 2024 ABKB 725 By Neil Zimmerman Case Citation: Fushtey v. WCB, 2024 ABKB 725 Facts of the Case On March 23, 2018, Darryl Fushtey, an employee of Codeco-Vanoco...