Duty to Defend - Extrinsic Evidence Not Permitted In Liardi v. Riotrin Properties (Kingston) Inc. , 2013 ONSC 7544 (S.C.J), the defendant, Future Shop, brought a motion for a declaration tha...
Claim for Contribution and Indemnity for Negligent Supervision Not Caught by Exclusion Clause The Court of Appeal recently held that an insurer was obligated to defend a homeowner against a Third Party Claim alleging she failed to s...
Excess Insurance Excess insurers may be interested in the recently reported decision of ACE INA Insurance v. Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services...
Limitation Periods in Duty to Defend or Indemnify Cases When does the limitation period begin to run in duty to defend or duty to indemnify cases? In Georgian Downs Ltd. v. State Farm Fire and Cas...
Insurer Obligated to Continue Paying Defence Costs Jevco v. Malaviya,2013 ONSC 675 (S.C.J.). Malaviya was insured under a Standard Automobile Policy (SAP) with Jevco for the minimum liabili...
Costs of Compliance Are Not Defence Costs General Electric Canada Company v. Aviva Canada, Inc., 2012 ONCA 525 (C.A.) At what point do costs of compliance become defence costs? G...
Extrinsic Evidence in Duty to Defend Applications 1540039 Ontario Limited v. Farmers Mutual Insurance Company (Lindsay) 2012 ONCA 211 (C.A.) The primary issue in this duty to defend applic...
Duty to Defend - Winter Maintenance Contractor Minto Developments Inc. v. Carlsbad Paving , 2012 ONSC 1574 (S.C.J.) Minto brought an application seeking a declaration that Carlsbad and ...